Even though this tutorial was focused on using flash in the sun, this was the best tutorial I've seen that explained how to use flash, in general. Great job!
It is actually pretty amazing how dark and light you could make things with just the camera settings and one light source (not including the sun of course). Thanks for making this! As an amateur I hadn't thought of this.
First let me say I’m so happy to see you sharing the AD600 and Godox products with your audience, I’ve been advocating them for years for their insane value so it’s awesome to see them represented well by you. One thing though, you said using an ND filter would require you to jack up the power of the flash (around 6:00). That’s not true, using an ND filter will require the exact same output to achieve the same flash to ambient balance in an image. Say you were shooting at F16 1/200 ISO 100. Slapping a 5 stop ND filter on, you would now be at F2.8 1/200 ISO 100 to achieve the same ambient, and you would need no change to the flash output. If comparing to HSS, you would need less flash power when using the ND filter (and staying below max sync speed), as all flashes lose peak output in HSS since it is a series of quick flashes instead of a single flash.
Actually you get 25-50% out of your flash in HSS mode so your flash will appear 1-2 stops brighter if you use an ND filter to bring your shutter speed down below the 1/250s sync speed. So if your use case is overpowering the sun get an AD200 and a 5 stop ND filter instead of an AD600 and thank me later
Thank you for your videos. I'm trying to watch them all. It really has helped me with my hobby. Such a friendly and warm channel. Easily the best channel on here.
Wow.... These guys are just simply amazing! So well done, so professional and so down to earth all at the same time! I mentioned Tony not looking at the camera during their video blogs... he does NOT have this issue when it is just him! Thank you for such great videos!!
Very informative - I’ve yet to see anyone explain this method as well as you. Your step by step show and tell helps me learn and makes me better. A big THANK YOU.
Love your videos and I'm not trying to troll but It's a good thing that you started by choosing your aperture even though you were planning on going wide open.
I'm glad you included the outtake at the end. I was taking some photos using almost the same setup yesterday (first outing with the Godox) and was super paranoid about the wind. Now I can see I had every reason to be! I did think some large ground pegs would be a good addition to sand bags, but my other problem was the soft box swiveling as well. Not sure how to fix that yet.
Awesome and to the point. It’s worth noting for people new to flash like me. Full power on the light Tony is using equals 4 speed lights at full power.
Hi Tony- This is a really great video. You do a great job explaining how to get different looks outdoors with flash/strobe. I will be recommending this to my local photography club. P.S. Try tent stakes for your strobe stands instead of sandbags.
Hi Tony, to light someone backlit by the sun, LED ring-flash can lighten the face whilst the rim light remains - to focus light onto the face, a coil of decreasingly ended cardboard etc can act to narrow the ring-flash effect.
Nice video Tony! Not too many professional photographers take the time to explain how to use HSS and overpower the sun in detail like you did. I would have liked to see a few examples of the background being a stop darker then the subject, instead of you going pitch black. I guess you could also use the histogram when adjusting your strobe power to get the proper exposure.
Tony - you need to make a nerdy video about flash power output in normal sync vs. high speed sync. I suggest that you get similar results with a 200W light like the Godox AD200 with a 5 stop ND filter to get below 1/250s, that you get with an AD600 in HSS mode, and I dare you to prove me wrong. If overpowering the sun is your biggest use case for getting a strobe, getting a smaller strobe and an ND filter is much cheaper and a lighter kit to carry around. In other words, a 200 W light in normal sync is the high speed sync equivalent of a 600 W light. Cheers :)
Hey Tony, at the end of the video you mentioned that using a ND filter would require you to use way more power than using high speed sync. It's actually the opposite. Using HSS uses more power. To best use all the light from any HSS capable strobe you'd want to use a ND filter.
Hi Francisco. I can't get my head around that. I'm not disagreeing, I just don't understand. Surely if you leave your aperture, ISO and shutter speed the same and put on an ND filter, you would need to increase the flash power?
This is a REALY handy video for me. Very educational. Thank you very much ! The neighbours must be wondering , is that dude photographing a dummy while talking to another camera. Most normal thing in the world.
Thanks Tony! Very informative, short-sweet, and to the point! PS: The model is showing a bit of weakness in her lateral rectus ocular muscle, of her right eye.
i haven't forgotten and thanks again for the tutorial on the xt it took me some working out and following your vid 8 times before it clicked i guess i have a phd in setting them up and i am still no wiser to the rest of the larkings it can do :) but hey it works i will show you soon i've been so busy with life :)
I always attach the Godox on the very bottom of the light stand using a Manfrotto Super Clamp. That way the stand is not that top heavy at all. I still use sand bags, but I can use a big light modifier without worrying. This setup does require the extension cord, because you still want the bulb itself high up on the stand.
Thanks for this wonderful tutorial! Great tutorial and it is very easy to understand. Just nitpicking, the comparison at 3:19 is not fair since the left underexposed photo is set to f/9 condition while the right is set to a "perfect" exposure of f/5.6. A better comparison will be to use the ambient lighting taken without flash at 2:08 for the left photo. But wait, if that photo is used, both photos (with and without flash) will look exactly the same since the Octobox acts as a natural reflector to reflect the sunlight and catchlight to the photo to the left (that has no flash). For 6:00, saying ND filter requires way more power is wrong but that has been pointed out by Robert Hall already.
I want to order one of those models. Where you bought her from? Ebay? All jokes aside. Those strobes have come a long ways. Included hss and integraded battery lasting 500 full power shots.
High speed sync with any camera Speed lights have a unique feature compared to traditional studio strobes, The flash duration can be extremely short or long in this example the long flash duration is what you want. With the speed light at full power output it has the longest flash duration which is typically around one 500th of a second so if you have a shutter speed of say 1/1000 second to strobe light is on twice as long as the shutter is opened there for no banding occurs. You could go as high as your cameras maximum shutter speed and experience the same phenomena so long as the shutter speed is faster than the flash duration time this trick will always work.
My Pentax has that great green button: leave the cam in manual, hit the green button to set bg, hs flash on the model in ttl and you get the subject well lit but ambient bg all showing :)
Some cameras, like the Panasonic FZ1000, can sync at 1/4000th of a second with its built-in flash or 1/1000th with off-camera flash without any special settings or add-on.
Although the video is very informative, one thing is left out here. Even when the flash was turned off the softbox already was acting as a big reflector. You can even see the reflection of it in her eyes at 2:04 - That is why the image at 2:04 is pretty descent without the flash turned on. But yes it is a little flat
Hi Mr Northrop, I own a copy if your book: stunning digital photography, and I do watch most of your tutorials. I wonder if you can give a recommendation please on radio controller and receiver to get for off camera flash, I use the Nikon D850 and invested on Yongnuo wireless flash controller and receivers unfortunately they didn’t working. Now I am looking into the Phottix Odin II. Hope to hearing from you, many thanks.
Hey Tony. On the first shot you had the flash power around 1/32 which appeared to be a little too hot but on the 1/8000 shot you had it on full power which seemed to be more underexposed than the first one. I thought shutter speed didn’t affect flash output.
Hey Tony, didn't you get strange looks carrying and photographing the mannequin :D appreciate the effort.. I get a little embarrassed doing portraits in public, how do I get over it?
Nice video. Your comment on an nd filter giving you a dark viewfinder may still apply to DSLRs but at least Sony mirrorless cameras can be set to always give a bright display. On the A6500 it’s buried in the menu DISPLAY/AUTO REVIEW2>LIVE VIEW DISPLAY. “Setting effect ON” makes the display brightness approximate what the sensor will record, but Setting effect OFF gives you a uniformly bright view independent of other camera settings. I presume the other mirrorless brands have something equivalent.
I have a feeling she wouldn't squint from the sun
Don't you get her humor? SMH
Chelsea looks a bit stiff today haha
Cavin Lay
Exactly what I thought when saw the start of the clip in pip mode
Cavin Lay thats the sistr, who happns to be a model, tony askd chels for permission to shoot another gal..
Lol. Chelsea is much more beautiful than her stiff sister
Whose this chick?
Even though this tutorial was focused on using flash in the sun, this was the best tutorial I've seen that explained how to use flash, in general. Great job!
Chelsea was silent today
LOL
Indeed and her eyes were a little crazy and not looking at the camera... Trouble in paradise?
Chelsea must've been making too many puns
TimberGeek drunk probably
I think she spilled the oooohhh F-word in the end of the video.
One of the best photography instructors online.
How do you get your models to stay that still?
haha
Profesionals only
Using magick word "frezze" from the movie The Mask.... but this word is not working on the flash stand....
You pay them extra to stay a long time.
Dude you're just too chill...straight to the point .
As always thank you very much.
It is actually pretty amazing how dark and light you could make things with just the camera settings and one light source (not including the sun of course). Thanks for making this! As an amateur I hadn't thought of this.
I can only imagine Tony driving around with that doll in his car, and people giving him looks :)
He uses it in the HOV lanes.
First let me say I’m so happy to see you sharing the AD600 and Godox products with your audience, I’ve been advocating them for years for their insane value so it’s awesome to see them represented well by you.
One thing though, you said using an ND filter would require you to jack up the power of the flash (around 6:00).
That’s not true, using an ND filter will require the exact same output to achieve the same flash to ambient balance in an image. Say you were shooting at F16 1/200 ISO 100. Slapping a 5 stop ND filter on, you would now be at F2.8 1/200 ISO 100 to achieve the same ambient, and you would need no change to the flash output.
If comparing to HSS, you would need less flash power when using the ND filter (and staying below max sync speed), as all flashes lose peak output in HSS since it is a series of quick flashes instead of a single flash.
Lol I was just about to say this as well
Actually you get 25-50% out of your flash in HSS mode so your flash will appear 1-2 stops brighter if you use an ND filter to bring your shutter speed down below the 1/250s sync speed. So if your use case is overpowering the sun get an AD200 and a 5 stop ND filter instead of an AD600 and thank me later
Thanks Tony another helpful tutorial. My photography is improving because of you and a few other people online. Worried about Chelsea though...
This is expert level advice and a lot of photography wisdom compacted in a 7mn of video tutorial.
Could not thank you enough. Much appreciated.
I love this mannequin series of videos. They're very helpful. Thanks for detailing the entire lighting process start to beautiful finish!
I just had an ab workout laughing at these comments 😂😂😂😂 Great tutorial though 👍
Thank you for your videos. I'm trying to watch them all. It really has helped me with my hobby. Such a friendly and warm channel. Easily the best channel on here.
Thanks, Paul!
Thanks, Paul!
This video and Manny Ortiz video really is the best tutorials for using Flash in the day time.
Great as always. Lovely meeting you and the family in the narrow streets of Chaouan/ Morocco.
You guys are awesome! ! My complete go-to when I need photography info that I actually can rely on. Thank you T&C
Sir .. I saw many video but didn’t understand.. you make it look so easy thanks sir ... your are great
that's what I need a doll of these for my photography practices thanks for the settings of how to use the soft box
Wow.... These guys are just simply amazing! So well done, so professional and so down to earth all at the same time! I mentioned Tony not looking at the camera during their video blogs... he does NOT have this issue when it is just him! Thank you for such great videos!!
It is totally worth watching until the very end :) I'm glad your strobe is still strobing.
I knew all these but is so good to hear it again and again...Really great video Tony!
Very informative - I’ve yet to see anyone explain this method as well as you. Your step by step show and tell helps me learn and makes me better. A big THANK YOU.
Very informative video Tony thanks for the tips... I have two months to get ready for my son's graduation hopefully I can get some really nice shots.
Was waiting for that blooper the moment I saw the Godox swinging :D
Keep em coming
That's the best how-to video yet!!! (imho) I love using HSS !!
This is a great video!!!! Thank you Tony and I love your guys’ books and podcast.
Your video is very well done. Very clear and understandable terminology.
Love your videos and I'm not trying to troll but It's a good thing that you started by choosing your aperture even though you were planning on going wide open.
Depending on your camera body, sometimes you end up getting a smaller dynamic range when you go below 100 iso.
I'm glad you included the outtake at the end. I was taking some photos using almost the same setup yesterday (first outing with the Godox) and was super paranoid about the wind. Now I can see I had every reason to be!
I did think some large ground pegs would be a good addition to sand bags, but my other problem was the soft box swiveling as well. Not sure how to fix that yet.
Awesome and to the point. It’s worth noting for people new to flash like me. Full power on the light Tony is using equals 4 speed lights at full power.
Hi Tony- This is a really great video. You do a great job explaining how to get different looks outdoors with flash/strobe. I will be recommending this to my local photography club. P.S. Try tent stakes for your strobe stands instead of sandbags.
This is the best tutorial on lights!!! Ty Tony!
Great point about a wind gust on a call day. Glad you mentioned that. You never know. Can never be too safe.
Nice explanation Tony. The Godox/Flashpoint Xpro transmitter is a nice upgrade to consider too.
Yeah I do have one (check our Godox tutorial). I kinda like the smaller transmitter though.
That mannequin reminds me of Weekend at Bernie’s. Did anyone notice if she has feet? Lol! Tony and Chelsea are so awesome!
Anyone else feel like she has gone too far with the plastic surgery?
Hi Tony, to light someone backlit by the sun, LED ring-flash can lighten the face whilst the rim light remains - to focus light onto the face, a coil of decreasingly ended cardboard etc can act to narrow the ring-flash effect.
That outtake was priceless!
Good thing it didn't turn out to be expensive as well.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! You literally saved me from so much frustration!
Chelsea was on strike?
Nice video Tony! Not too many professional photographers take the time to explain how to use HSS and overpower the sun in detail like you did. I would have liked to see a few examples of the background being a stop darker then the subject, instead of
you going pitch black. I guess you could also use the histogram when adjusting your strobe power to get the proper exposure.
Perfect, easy to follow, step by step explanation. Thank you!
Great job tony ! as always just enough information ! simple, easy and fast.
Your bloopers are on point.
D U D E! Awesome tutorial on how to use a strobe outside, also vs the sun. Thank you!
Chelsea,Chelsea,Chelsea,Chelsea?
Tony - you need to make a nerdy video about flash power output in normal sync vs. high speed sync. I suggest that you get similar results with a 200W light like the Godox AD200 with a 5 stop ND filter to get below 1/250s, that you get with an AD600 in HSS mode, and I dare you to prove me wrong. If overpowering the sun is your biggest use case for getting a strobe, getting a smaller strobe and an ND filter is much cheaper and a lighter kit to carry around. In other words, a 200 W light in normal sync is the high speed sync equivalent of a 600 W light. Cheers :)
Hey Tony, at the end of the video you mentioned that using a ND filter would require you to use way more power than using high speed sync. It's actually the opposite. Using HSS uses more power. To best use all the light from any HSS capable strobe you'd want to use a ND filter.
Hi Francisco. I can't get my head around that. I'm not disagreeing, I just don't understand.
Surely if you leave your aperture, ISO and shutter speed the same and put on an ND filter, you would need to increase the flash power?
Once your reach HSS territory you loose lot of flash power.
This is a REALY handy video for me. Very educational. Thank you very much ! The neighbours must be wondering , is that dude photographing a dummy while talking to another camera. Most normal thing in the world.
The response to the strobe falling from the wind is so me! 😂😂
One of the better explanations - well done, and thank you.
Thanks Tony! Very informative, short-sweet, and to the point! PS: The model is showing a bit of weakness in her lateral rectus ocular muscle, of her right eye.
i haven't forgotten and thanks again for the tutorial on the xt it took me some working out and following your vid 8 times before it clicked i guess i have a phd in setting them up and i am still no wiser to the rest of the larkings it can do :) but hey it works i will show you soon i've been so busy with life :)
Great video!!! Please do reviews on the different flashes out there. Would love to see a review!
i love this! I just bought a d850. This is soo helpful! Thank you!
Tony, your model sure. Does have smooth skin.
Great video guys. I've especially enjoyed everything you've put up recently, there's a very positive vibe to them. :)
Thanks for this video.... quick... to the point and an excellent review/new stuff
When the first picture was shown, I was freaked out and yelled "what is wrong with that model!" Took me a moment to realize it was a mannequin.
I always attach the Godox on the very bottom of the light stand using a Manfrotto Super Clamp. That way the stand is not that top heavy at all. I still use sand bags, but I can use a big light modifier without worrying. This setup does require the extension cord, because you still want the bulb itself high up on the stand.
Nice! I have a similar setup with 2x Evol200's and same octobox. Great video with examples as always 🤘📸😎
what size is that octobox?
@@95jeffrie it is a 38 inch parapop glow, it's super night weight and sturdy thu too
@@tristanwilhelm9600 thanks bud
You know what? I love you man! 🙏🙏
Awesome lesson, Tony!
Hey. I started using an old camera tripod to hold my light modifiers. They are a lot more sturdy. Might be a thought for you in breezier conditions 🤗
Thanks for this wonderful tutorial! Great tutorial and it is very easy to understand.
Just nitpicking, the comparison at 3:19 is not fair since the left underexposed photo is set to f/9 condition while the right is set to a "perfect" exposure of f/5.6. A better comparison will be to use the ambient lighting taken without flash at 2:08 for the left photo. But wait, if that photo is used, both photos (with and without flash) will look exactly the same since the Octobox acts as a natural reflector to reflect the sunlight and catchlight to the photo to the left (that has no flash).
For 6:00, saying ND filter requires way more power is wrong but that has been pointed out by Robert Hall already.
The polite “oh f*#%k” of Tony made my day 😁😂
Tony, great video! Please do another light video using Nikon Z6. Thanks!
I want to order one of those models. Where you bought her from? Ebay? All jokes aside. Those strobes have come a long ways. Included hss and integraded battery lasting 500 full power shots.
Great tutorial - thanks. Love the 'epilogue'!
High speed sync with any camera
Speed lights have a unique feature compared to traditional studio strobes, The flash duration can be extremely short or long in this example the long flash duration is what you want. With the speed light at full power output it has the longest flash duration which is typically around one 500th of a second so if you have a shutter speed of say 1/1000 second to strobe light is on twice as long as the shutter is opened there for no banding occurs. You could go as high as your cameras maximum shutter speed and experience the same phenomena so long as the shutter speed is faster than the flash duration time this trick will always work.
Simple and informative. Great video.
My Pentax has that great green button: leave the cam in manual, hit the green button to set bg, hs flash on the model in ttl and you get the subject well lit but ambient bg all showing :)
I really like her. Bring her again sometime.
Wow! I nice Tony I love your videos
Very profesional model 👌👌👌
Very helpful, thanks Tony!
Great information as always - thank you so much - love you guys!
I like the mannequin, thinking of getting one too, hard to have a model when you need one.
It is really practical to carry sandbags, all your gear, and then a battery powered studio strobe and take the time to set all that up at a wedding?
Came to check comments about her.. wasn’t disappointed!
Some cameras, like the Panasonic FZ1000, can sync at 1/4000th of a second with its built-in flash or 1/1000th with off-camera flash without any special settings or add-on.
Sony RX10 too and Fuji X100 can go pretty high.
Good to know, thanks!
Can you send the link of the light modifer you ard using Tony? Thank you. Great really great video
Great tutorial, thank you!
Cheers bruh. Great video
Although the video is very informative, one thing is left out here. Even when the flash was turned off the softbox already was acting as a big reflector. You can even see the reflection of it in her eyes at 2:04 - That is why the image at 2:04 is pretty descent without the flash turned on. But yes it is a little flat
I now understand how to get a black background. How do I get a blow out background and the model exposed correctly?
Great tutorial.. for indoors how to use flash settings
You should do a tutorial on the x100f using the on board flash being that it is so convenient
Hi Mr Northrop, I own a copy if your book: stunning digital photography, and I do watch most of your tutorials. I wonder if you can give a recommendation please on radio controller and receiver to get for off camera flash, I use the Nikon D850 and invested on Yongnuo wireless flash controller and receivers unfortunately they didn’t working. Now I am looking into the Phottix Odin II. Hope to hearing from you, many thanks.
Awesome video so helpful!
Great video, thanks a lot. I like your videos very well...!
Dont forget to sandbag the model too
Right after you tea bag her
Mike that was too much 😂😂😂
Hey Tony. On the first shot you had the flash power around 1/32 which appeared to be a little too hot but on the 1/8000 shot you had it on full power which seemed to be more underexposed than the first one. I thought shutter speed didn’t affect flash output.
I have never seen Chelsea so still and quiet.
This was very helpful! Thank you.
Hey Tony, didn't you get strange looks carrying and photographing the mannequin :D appreciate the effort.. I get a little embarrassed doing portraits in public, how do I get over it?
Nice and usefull. But is the background 'totally black'?
Nice video. Your comment on an nd filter giving you a dark viewfinder may still apply to DSLRs but at least Sony mirrorless cameras can be set to always give a bright display. On the A6500 it’s buried in the menu DISPLAY/AUTO REVIEW2>LIVE VIEW DISPLAY. “Setting effect ON” makes the display brightness approximate what the sensor will record, but Setting effect OFF gives you a uniformly bright view independent of other camera settings. I presume the other mirrorless brands have something equivalent.