This video literally just changed my life. Understanding how the shutter and the f-stop control the exposure for ambient light and flash respectively is invaluable. Thank you, Mr. Wallace!
8:39 "...but the exposure on [Jade] is staying exactly the same..." Except... it's doesn't, hahah Full appreciation for the fact that this video was made in 2011, but as of 2012 (at least, if not sooner) Nikon also allows you to use exposure compensation on the ambient light independently from the subject exposure. (Yes, I'm a Nikon D600 owner, and no, I'm not flaming: just pointing out that things may have changed since this video was made.) Still, great video, phenomenal model talent, and as always very pleased to watch all your videos.
Actually, he did it wrong. Exposure compensation on a Canon affects the entire exposure (ambient and flash). To bump up exposure on the background and keep the flash correct he needed to add 1 stop of EC and select - 1 stop flash compensation. One thing he demonstrated that I've said for years is that Canon's fill flash is vastly superior to Nikon's. The neutral settings fill flash (no exposure compensation or flash compensation) on the Nikon was ridiculously overexposed. The model was 2 stops overexposed! On the Canon it was perfect. When he ran through the Canon's flash compensation and reached +2 stops and you could clearly see the model was way overexposed - that was how the Nikon shot appeared without compensation. It has always been this way since the film days. I used to do weddings as a team with a Nikon shooter and he was always getting overexposed fill flash and it drove me nuts.
cooloox You're very right. That Nikon flash shot was way overexposed yet he called it a "great exposure." And when he toggled the regular EC the flash exposure quite obviously changed with the ambient exposure though he said it stayed the same. He used the same explanation that he used for the flash exposure compensation for the normal exposure compensation.
WHOA!...this video is amazing...if you want your video over exposed, photos over exposed and to learn all the keys to not doing anything correctly! YES!
I must be old and happily married, no idea who she is and spent most of the video looking at the scenery behind Mark. Book my place in the nursing home.
Thanks for the video. I'm a little confused about the three comparison shots at 8:30. It seems to me that by changing the exposure compensation setting on the Canon camera also changed the exposures on pretty Jade and not staying the same as you mentioned. Please correct me if I missed out something. Thank you Mark.
you have made photography like a poetry ....... very magical way to understand colors of life and how to shoot with camera.... thanks for making DSLR use easy and fun............
@@Jgheiler If traveling with minimal gear, I would take a flashbender to produce softer light. The biggest problem here is that he over-exposed her on all of the first few flash-lit shots.
I have been screwing up flash shots with expensive (pro) Canon gear for over a decade now. I've never fully-understood the relationship between exposure settings and how they individually relate to the background and subject during flash. Yeeeyup. This video is a great example as to why the crap we put with regarding all social media is still worth it. This truly puts things in order! And you damned right I subscribed! ;-D
I am a camera guy and I like M. Wallace's stuff. There is nothing wrong if a fellow photographer is commenting for technical accuracies. I like this video a lot because it's hitting on multi-levels ranging from On-Camera usage to How to Expose for flash usage outdoor. Mark has great videos. I always consult his videos as a starting learning point. But, if Mark appears to be somewhat inaccurate about some cameras; let it be said. That's what the Internet is all about. We don't know everything!
In your Canon example @ 8:28 you mention that exposure comp only changes the background. But those examples look like it has changed the flash exposure too?
I believe barrybuttery's comment was pointing out that Mark COULD have dropped the ISO two stops to 200 and adjusted his shutter speed down two stops (to 1/500 sec) and achieved the same exposure with a slightly higher picture quality. Mark is a pro and he knows this. I'm sure he wasn't concerned about achieving the perfect final image quality since the point of the video was to show how the 2 exposures can be adjusted independently to achieve this effect.
had to watch this twice... first time just looked at Jade.. soo pretty!!!, but very good video. I am just starting out with flash photography and there is much to learn and this was very informative and well explained...
Thank you for this info. I'm going to shoot a couple at a park for first time and I just got a Speedlight. I do have a Canon set- and I've been learning about the importance of using a bracket to raise the flash. This would help with shadows and red-eye? But from what I see in this demo.. if he had the flash higher would he not cast even more shadows ? Like on her neck? I already see a bit. I'm also learning about the card bounce but i guess that's only when you shoot indoors and bounce flash.
Hello from 2017! Absolutely great video, explaining what I did need to know about the flash and how to control it. I wish I had seen this video 5 years ago...
He used aperture priority mode (auto) with the Canon shots... unlike manual mode on the Nikon shots. And exposure readings were taken from different locations and averaged giving different readings. If he was a good photographer he would control the situation by using manual and high speed sync with the canon.
Mark, man! This lesson was to my photography! I really got it for the first time! Thanks for being in depth yet simplistically clear! God bless! - Christopher from down in Brazil. ..
Christopher Soule I get it too really for the first time. Since the flash only flashes for perhaps 1/10000 of a second AND the background is not exposed, it doesn't matter what the camera shutter speed is. So shutter speed can't control the flash exposure.
great video - can you be in TV or AV and still control both ambiant and flash exposure separately or does this only work in manual - thanks for the video
Umm.. yeah, the "Canon only" thing that makes it "unique" can also be done with Nikons. With either SB-600/700/800/900/910 on the camera, or even using the popup flash, you can control the scene's exposure compensation and the flash's exposure compensation separately. With CLS/AWL you can do it with remote flashes too, just ask Joe McNally. :)
@@CorinaBlaze he's talking about a nikon in FP mode - you can use shutter speeds shorter than the 1/200 or 1/250 - so look for that HSS (high speed shutter sync) feature on your 80D. And your flash has to support it as well.
On Nikon you can shoot in aperture priority and do the flash exposure compensation on the flash itself. I have a SB700 and the exposure comp is the first thing on the menu, it's easy to change.
Thanks for your videos. They are very helpful. One thing I am confused about is; in the video you were shooting at shutter speeds as high as 1/3200 successfully without hypersync. How, and why do I need pocketwizards for hypersync if I can shout with flash at such high shutter speeds without it? Thanks
Ohh this video is just SO great. Im just a beginner with my Canon D70, 2 speedlight flashes, and some lenses.. but watching this realy gave med a BIG push for going on and learn.. happy for my camera😄😄
@kaouthiavideo Just wanted to point out, that Mark is talking about independant each exposure compensation controlling while in aperture mode, not in manual mode, for a Canon.
I was about to write to Mark Wallace about this "exposure compensation" thing. I guess I will not have to. Thanks Fred Basset for mentioning that on this forum... Because I have consulted my NIKON's D300 Manual and I have realized that my camera Specs can achieve Mark procedures in the same manner. In fact, I have paused this video several times to see how it's accomplished and that's when I started to wonder as to why is this procedure so exclusive to a Canon as opposed to a NIKON?!
Mark usually knows what he's about. I just think he made a mistake in his explanation of the regular exposure compensation and might not have caught the mistake before posting the vid. He's a pretty good teacher overall. Don't all get your panties in a bunch. Just look at some of his other vids.
He was controlling the background's exposure through shutter speed and had to compensate with higher iso for it. Don't think about the subject as the flash takes care of the exposure but rather expose the background properly to bring the subject and background both correctly exposed.
I agree that how ISO plays into this would help as well. I believe that higher ISO basically give you more distance, but not sure how it interplays with aperture setting.
Guess I'll have to watch this over, couldn't pay attention to anything but Jade. Q: I assume Canon was in ETTL mode, and by having the flash ON, the camera knows to go to 1/200 sec for flash sync. Your Aperture is f1.7, and ISO is set to 200. When we are adjusting the Exposure compensation dial, what is Canon using behind the scene to adjust background brightness as we turn the dial. Is it adjusting the Jpeg brightness presentation from the RAW file of the sensor, but also changing the flash output to compensate, so that the flash looks like it is consistent? This is a cool application of the Canon that I did not know about, very fluid and quick process, allows you work with who you are photographing without wasting lots of time adjusting exposures in M Mode to find your happy exposure combinations.
Hi Randy. With Canon when in Av mode (aperture priority mode and metering set to evaluative - called matrix metering with Nikon) The background (ambient light) is controlled by adjusting the control dial on the back of the camera. This is the cameras over and under exposure dial. The camera shutter does not default to 1/200. It goes to whatever speed gives correct exposure for set aperture. Max sync speed for Canon is 1/200. You still can control the speed by changing ISO. Ettl flash is separate from ambient and has its own compensation. I might add that also in Av mode with flash on that the camera underexposes, using shutter speed, by one stop to compensate for the extra equal (flash to ambient) light on the scene. If you want to learn more see my blog post www.ldavidlikesphotography.com/blog/secrets-on-camera-canon-flash-course
@GMoaz the 7d has better noise performance than the 500d. You can reduce noise in Lightroom or any editing software, but it takes away some detail... Try to find the perfect balance
He was answering the guys question... how to overpower the sun with a flash. This gives a huge contrasty isolation effect between the model and the bright background.
Mark quick question: for nikons, if I m shooting in AP, and I dial the ev on camera down by -2 and bring the flash up by +2, will get get the same results? Perfect exposure on the subject, but background is 2 stops darker? Thanks
i'm new to using the flash...but it looks like when you change camera exposure compensation to control the ambient light, it looks like it's also changing the exposure of the subject when you say it shouldn't.
Hey, very informative video. But could you please explain WHY aperture controls flash? Wouldn't TTL adjust for different aperture setting and give the same exposure regardless?
The first shots you took with the Canon in AP mode, where you were illustrating use of exposure compensation, you mentioned that the background exposure was changing but that the subject was retaining the same exposure. But it looks to me like the subject had different exposures in each of the three shots. Did you mispeak?
Sir that was a really great tutorial, coz till now I have just herd people talking about fill flash. I have few questions though 1. why you are using such high iso in a such bright environment? 2. Flash sync speed work only till shutterspeed of 200 or 250 and not above that, so how you did it?
Point 1 - i also have same doubt.. point 2 - There is option in some cameras to change shutter speed more then sync speed for ex. Nikon D750 and D810(Which i Own) Go to custom setting menu -> e Bracketing/flash-> e1 flash sync speed-> set to Auto FP.... that's it... Now u can change shutter speed
Question, how did you shoot with a shutter speed higher than your sync speed and still get the photo? Probably a dumb question but I dont get it. Thanks
This is awesome! Thank you so much. However, I shoot with a d3100. So I am unable to use a faster shutter speed. I can't go over 1/250 sec. The triggers that I use stop at 1/250. So how do I compensate?? I really don't know how to ask the question.... Sorry :) Without my triggers I cant exceed 1/200 sec. But with my triggers I can get up to 1/250 sec. With such a slow shutter speed what else can I do to properly expose both subject and background?
Thanks a lot Mark Wallace for this pretty cool video. I have tried it on my deck with a little statue and the technique worked as advertised. I did it exactly in Manual Mode by metering the background and I have kept varying my Shutter Speed up and down with my SB700 in TTL Mode and I got virtually the same results. Pretty cool! I have also tried the white background 18% Gray... Cheers! Btw-I did not do the the FEC with my SB700 but I can accomplish it with the D300 just like the Canon can...
I noticed in Canons the FEC does not seem to work in high speed mode. It works in the regular TTL mode. To get FEC I have to be in TTL mode with shutter speed not more than 1/200.
I'm obviously misunderstanding something. at about 8:33, he says that the background is getting lighter and darker, but the exposure on Jade is staying the same. I don't see that -- she seems to be getting lighter and darker as well. Does he mean that she's matching the background exposure?
the background is changing, when he over exposes her the flash really is still the same but because the background is getting so bright it seems like the flash is to..but the flash on her face is still at the same exposure
I think I watched this video like two ago. Didn't know what Mark was talking about. With stay-at-home order, I have been watching a lot of UA-cam photography with Gavin H. Learm a quite a bit, and understood pretty much Mark was talking about.
Before adding the speedlight to the camera you metered on the background. After adding the speedlight did you continue to meter on the background, or did you meter on Jade?
@Raggnarr13 Yes, you can do exposure compensation for the ambient in P mode, aperture priority or shutter priority modes in Nikon, and exposure compensation for the flash separately. This is how Joe McNally often shoots with iTTL (underexpose the ambient by a stop, bump up the flash by a stop and a third).
Yeah, my Nikon D300 has separate exposure and flash compensation too. And wouldn't even the D90 have flash compensation settings in the menus even if there is not a dedicated dial or button?
You mention that the flash has the setting "FP" - is it this function that makes the flash only controlled by the aperture? Or is the flash always controlled by the aperture regardless of the flash settings?
Even the D5100 has these features even though there are no dedicated buttons for it. Easy to access in the menu however.. This seems to be somewhat of a plug for Canons..
i have a question here regarding canon cameras..... while using flash in the manual/ttl mode i know that the shutter speed controls the ambient light. my question is if i use ttl mode, will the aperture setting increase or decrease the flash?
Thanks for the video. I am trying to learn as much as I can about doing Head shots and all information is useful. I do prefer the style and work of Dylan Patrick and Peter Hurley that use 135mm to 200mm lens to get compress the background. Thanks for the info.
Very good. I've forgotten so much of this. I had way too many shadows on the face of a model last weekend; I was using my Pentax, which is my airshow camera, rather than my Cannon, which has a far more powerful and effective flash.
the shutter speed is fast and the aperture is relatively small, making the scene overall pretty dark, hence the ISO compensation... besides most modern cameras these days handle high ISOs very well without any noticeable noise (even upto the 1600/3200)...
I think this is the best explanation I've seen and help by the examples. (Hmm Pritty sure Sony A7Riii and the A9ii can do similar to the Cannon ! 're exposure and flash compensation ) Ile have to try. Thanks for the video.
This video literally just changed my life. Understanding how the shutter and the f-stop control the exposure for ambient light and flash respectively is invaluable. Thank you, Mr. Wallace!
One of the most simple and useful video on flash use for outdoor I have seen so far. Thanks a lot mate.
8:39 "...but the exposure on [Jade] is staying exactly the same..."
Except... it's doesn't, hahah
Full appreciation for the fact that this video was made in 2011, but as of 2012 (at least, if not sooner) Nikon also allows you to use exposure compensation on the ambient light independently from the subject exposure. (Yes, I'm a Nikon D600 owner, and no, I'm not flaming: just pointing out that things may have changed since this video was made.)
Still, great video, phenomenal model talent, and as always very pleased to watch all your videos.
I caught that as well lol
Dude's been sniffing glue!
yeah ..looks like the EC on canon globally affects both subject and ambient...
Actually, he did it wrong. Exposure compensation on a Canon affects the entire exposure (ambient and flash). To bump up exposure on the background and keep the flash correct he needed to add 1 stop of EC and select - 1 stop flash compensation.
One thing he demonstrated that I've said for years is that Canon's fill flash is vastly superior to Nikon's. The neutral settings fill flash (no exposure compensation or flash compensation) on the Nikon was ridiculously overexposed. The model was 2 stops overexposed! On the Canon it was perfect. When he ran through the Canon's flash compensation and reached +2 stops and you could clearly see the model was way overexposed - that was how the Nikon shot appeared without compensation. It has always been this way since the film days. I used to do weddings as a team with a Nikon shooter and he was always getting overexposed fill flash and it drove me nuts.
cooloox You're very right. That Nikon flash shot was way overexposed yet he called it a "great exposure." And when he toggled the regular EC the flash exposure quite obviously changed with the ambient exposure though he said it stayed the same. He used the same explanation that he used for the flash exposure compensation for the normal exposure compensation.
I have watched lot of videos but the way he is teaching and explaining everything is best. Mark always gets 💯 out of 💯. He is the best one.
Man I have looked everywhere and DP 1 on 1 tutorials are THE BEST photography tutorials anywhere! Thanks MARK!
WHOA!...this video is amazing...if you want your video over exposed, photos over exposed and to learn all the keys to not doing anything correctly! YES!
What a great tutorial. I finally understood the two concepts that for a long time had me baffled. Thanks as always Mark.
It's great to see Jayd Lovely doing some mainstream modeling. I fully support her crossover efforts. She looks great in ALL her work (ahem!).
I must be old and happily married, no idea who she is and spent most of the video looking at the scenery behind Mark. Book my place in the nursing home.
I come back to this video every now and then, for a quick recap when I forget. Great video Mark.
Glad you enjoyed it - it's on my list to update soon. So much has changed since this video was made.
I miss you Mark!!!!!! You thought me a lot back in a day!!!!!!!! Thank you!
Thanks for the video. I'm a little confused about the three comparison shots at 8:30. It seems to me that by changing the exposure compensation setting on the Canon camera also changed the exposures on pretty Jade and not staying the same as you mentioned. Please correct me if I missed out something. Thank you Mark.
you have made photography like a poetry ....... very magical way to understand colors of life and how to shoot with camera.... thanks for making DSLR use easy and fun............
Somebody please teach him what overexposure is!!
That flash directly pointing at the subject is absolutely not correct
How would you use that speed light outdoors? How would you bounce it if you just had that?
@@Jgheiler If traveling with minimal gear, I would take a flashbender to produce softer light. The biggest problem here is that he over-exposed her on all of the first few flash-lit shots.
@@Jgheiler
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😂😂 Exactly!
This is amazing. The holy grail of flash photography videos. Many thanks.
Jayd Lovely looks lovely in these photos! Very useful and educational flash photography tutorial thank you.
I have been screwing up flash shots with expensive (pro) Canon gear for over a decade now. I've never fully-understood the relationship between exposure settings and how they individually relate to the background and subject during flash. Yeeeyup. This video is a great example as to why the crap we put with regarding all social media is still worth it. This truly puts things in order! And you damned right I subscribed! ;-D
I am a camera guy and I like M. Wallace's stuff. There is nothing wrong if a fellow photographer is commenting for technical accuracies. I like this video a lot because it's hitting on multi-levels ranging from On-Camera usage to How to Expose for flash usage outdoor. Mark has great videos. I always consult his videos as a starting learning point. But, if Mark appears to be somewhat inaccurate about some cameras; let it be said. That's what the Internet is all about. We don't know everything!
In your Canon example @ 8:28 you mention that exposure comp only changes the background. But those examples look like it has changed the flash exposure too?
Thanks Mark. There was a lot of good stuff in that video and it taught me a lot.
Finally someone was able to explain it to me so it's theoretically and practically clear. And it really works! Thanks a lot for it!
Thanks Mark. Your videos are extremely helpful. Much appreciated mate.
I believe barrybuttery's comment was pointing out that Mark COULD have dropped the ISO two stops to 200 and adjusted his shutter speed down two stops (to 1/500 sec) and achieved the same exposure with a slightly higher picture quality. Mark is a pro and he knows this. I'm sure he wasn't concerned about achieving the perfect final image quality since the point of the video was to show how the 2 exposures can be adjusted independently to achieve this effect.
you are the best teacher Mark.. no doubt .. thank you.. I just subscribed to you for all your videos
Amazing video Mark!!
Very well explained!!!!👍
This season starts great! This is an excellent video, Mark!
Jade is beautiful too...
had to watch this twice... first time just looked at Jade.. soo pretty!!!, but very good video. I am just starting out with flash photography and there is much to learn and this was very informative and well explained...
Thank you for this info. I'm going to shoot a couple at a park for first time and I just got a Speedlight. I do have a Canon set- and I've been learning about the importance of using a bracket to raise the flash. This would help with shadows and red-eye? But from what I see in this demo.. if he had the flash higher would he not cast even more shadows ? Like on her neck? I already see a bit. I'm also learning about the card bounce but i guess that's only when you shoot indoors and bounce flash.
Hello from 2017! Absolutely great video, explaining what I did need to know about the flash and how to control it. I wish I had seen this video 5 years ago...
With the Canon example I don't really see the model staying the same exposure... Am I wrong?
Also for me
No, you are not mistaken... the model is horrible over exposed in one, good in another, and under exposed in another...
He used aperture priority mode (auto) with the Canon shots... unlike manual mode on the Nikon shots. And exposure readings were taken from different locations and averaged giving different readings. If he was a good photographer he would control the situation by using manual and high speed sync with the canon.
how he can shoot 1/3200 shuter speed when speedlight is on camera ? I have 80D and can not go over 1/250 !!!
@@CorinaBlaze high speed snych enabled, check that
Mark, man! This lesson was to my photography! I really got it for the first time! Thanks for being in depth yet simplistically clear! God bless! - Christopher from down in Brazil. ..
Christopher Soule I get it too really for the first time. Since the flash only flashes for perhaps 1/10000 of a second AND the background is not exposed, it doesn't matter what the camera shutter speed is. So shutter speed can't control the flash exposure.
ISO does affect the flash output too. Btw, Nikon does have flash compensation too.
great video - can you be in TV or AV and still control both ambiant and flash exposure separately or does this only work in manual - thanks for the video
great video! very well explaind,and Jade is gorgeous!!
Umm.. yeah, the "Canon only" thing that makes it "unique" can also be done with Nikons. With either SB-600/700/800/900/910 on the camera, or even using the popup flash, you can control the scene's exposure compensation and the flash's exposure compensation separately.
With CLS/AWL you can do it with remote flashes too, just ask Joe McNally. :)
how he can shoot 1/3200 shuter speed when speedlight is on camera ? I have 80D and can not go over 1/250 !!!
@@CorinaBlaze he's talking about a nikon in FP mode - you can use shutter speeds shorter than the 1/200 or 1/250 - so look for that HSS (high speed shutter sync) feature on your 80D. And your flash has to support it as well.
This was an awesome demonstration!!!!!! Thank you!
Nice video, thanks. Jade is one charming person to work with. Well done both of you.
On Nikon you can shoot in aperture priority and do the flash exposure compensation on the flash itself. I have a SB700 and the exposure comp is the first thing on the menu, it's easy to change.
Thanks for your videos. They are very helpful. One thing I am confused about is; in the video you were shooting at shutter speeds as high as 1/3200 successfully without hypersync. How, and why do I need pocketwizards for hypersync if I can shout with flash at such high shutter speeds without it? Thanks
Nikon DSLRs have exposure/flash compensation aswell.
As do Sony cameras
Ohh this video is just SO great. Im just a beginner with my Canon D70, 2 speedlight flashes, and some lenses.. but watching this realy gave med a BIG push for going on and learn.. happy for my camera😄😄
Nikon was doing the Flash exposure compensation on the D200 10+ years ago
why did you skip from episode 75 to 201?
@kaouthiavideo Just wanted to point out, that Mark is talking about independant each exposure compensation controlling while in aperture mode, not in manual mode, for a Canon.
I was about to write to Mark Wallace about this "exposure compensation" thing. I guess I will not have to. Thanks Fred Basset for mentioning that on this forum...
Because I have consulted my NIKON's D300 Manual and I have realized that my camera Specs can achieve Mark procedures in the same manner. In fact, I have paused this video several times to see how it's accomplished and that's when I started to wonder as to why is this procedure so exclusive to a Canon as opposed to a NIKON?!
Mark usually knows what he's about. I just think he made a mistake in his explanation of the regular exposure compensation and might not have caught the mistake before posting the vid. He's a pretty good teacher overall. Don't all get your panties in a bunch. Just look at some of his other vids.
As a amateur photographer I'm curious to know why you use 800ISO when shooting outdoors on a rather sunny day?
Maybe he was using ADL, that is optimized for higher ISO settings.
It's a little too late, but I think its about shutter speed. Bust ISO so you can go up with shutter speed and have a nice background.
Because he is answering the guys question... how to use flash to overpower the sun.
He was controlling the background's exposure through shutter speed and had to compensate with higher iso for it. Don't think about the subject as the flash takes care of the exposure but rather expose the background properly to bring the subject and background both correctly exposed.
To overpower the bright sun
Great video. Simplified some concepts for me. 👍🏻👍🏻
jade is a super model. more jade!
Great video Mark
Your model is absolutely stunning!!:D
I agree that how ISO plays into this would help as well. I believe that higher ISO basically give you more distance, but not sure how it interplays with aperture setting.
Great tutorial as always. Doesn't the Nikon have exposure compensation as well? You said that only the canon can do that. So I'm annoy confused.
It does. On D90 just hold the same button that releases the flash and turn control wheel. This will change flash exposure compensation.
I have learned something very useful as i am venturing into low light photography.
Thanks for sharing.
It' s all clear to me now. Thank you, Mr. Wallace.
Guess I'll have to watch this over, couldn't pay attention to anything but Jade.
Q: I assume Canon was in ETTL mode, and by having the flash ON, the camera knows to go to 1/200 sec for flash sync. Your Aperture is f1.7, and ISO is set to 200. When we are adjusting the Exposure compensation dial, what is Canon using behind the scene to adjust background brightness as we turn the dial. Is it adjusting the Jpeg brightness presentation from the RAW file of the sensor, but also changing the flash output to compensate, so that the flash looks like it is consistent?
This is a cool application of the Canon that I did not know about, very fluid and quick process, allows you work with who you are photographing without wasting lots of time adjusting exposures in M Mode to find your happy exposure combinations.
Hi Randy. With Canon when in Av mode (aperture priority mode and metering set to evaluative - called matrix metering with Nikon) The background (ambient light) is controlled by adjusting the control dial on the back of the camera. This is the cameras over and under exposure dial. The camera shutter does not default to 1/200. It goes to whatever speed gives correct exposure for set aperture. Max sync speed for Canon is 1/200. You still can control the speed by changing ISO. Ettl flash is separate from ambient and has its own compensation. I might add that also in Av mode with flash on that the camera underexposes, using shutter speed, by one stop to compensate for the extra equal (flash to ambient) light on the scene. If you want to learn more see my blog post www.ldavidlikesphotography.com/blog/secrets-on-camera-canon-flash-course
Jayd Lovely is the name
How did that flash sync at 1/3200? That's insanely high, I had no idea the D90 could do that.
Thanks for the lessons, question for anyone, does the flash help reduce the noise from the ISO
@GMoaz the 7d has better noise performance than the 500d. You can reduce noise in Lightroom or any editing software, but it takes away some detail... Try to find the perfect balance
I was also wondering why he didn't use the ev compensation button on the nikon D90. I don't know if it is on all Nikons but the D90 for sure.
iso 800 on a bright day?!
iso 800 with flash?!
+J Bart (onelibrastreet) I was thinking the same thing. Seems to work though.
+J Bart (onelibrastreet) he was also shooting 2000 or so shutter speed, that will darken, maybe that's why the higher iso? I dunno
the iso800 may have been used to compensate for the 7.1 aperture
Maybe to keep the shutter speed synched with the flash. And it wasn't a bright day, it was sunset, as he mentioned in the video.
He was answering the guys question... how to overpower the sun with a flash. This gives a huge contrasty isolation effect between the model and the bright background.
Nice but quick question, was it a canon flash and to that what setting was the flash set at.
Mark quick question: for nikons, if I m shooting in AP, and I dial the ev on camera down by -2 and bring the flash up by +2, will get get the same results? Perfect exposure on the subject, but background is 2 stops darker? Thanks
@thargor2k I noticed that too.. its changing the exposure of the full frame..
Love your videos !!! Keep them coming!!!
If you cant afford a 500 hss flash can we just use a ND filter
i'm new to using the flash...but it looks like when you change camera exposure compensation to control the ambient light, it looks like it's also changing the exposure of the subject when you say it shouldn't.
Aperture also affects Jade exposure, but it's balanced with flash which doesn't hit background so thats why you can change it's exposure .
Hey, very informative video. But could you please explain WHY aperture controls flash? Wouldn't TTL adjust for different aperture setting and give the same exposure regardless?
The first shots you took with the Canon in AP mode, where you were illustrating use of exposure compensation, you mentioned that the background exposure was changing but that the subject was retaining the same exposure. But it looks to me like the subject had different exposures in each of the three shots. Did you mispeak?
Sir that was a really great tutorial, coz till now I have just herd people talking about fill flash. I have few questions though
1. why you are using such high iso in a such bright environment?
2. Flash sync speed work only till shutterspeed of 200 or 250 and not above that, so how you did it?
Point 1 - i also have same doubt..
point 2 - There is option in some cameras to change shutter speed more then sync speed for ex. Nikon D750 and D810(Which i Own) Go to custom setting menu -> e Bracketing/flash-> e1 flash sync speed-> set to Auto FP.... that's it... Now u can change shutter speed
Question, how did you shoot with a shutter speed higher than your sync speed and still get the photo? Probably a dumb question but I dont get it. Thanks
This is awesome! Thank you so much. However, I shoot with a d3100. So I am unable to use a faster shutter speed. I can't go over 1/250 sec. The triggers that I use stop at 1/250. So how do I compensate?? I really don't know how to ask the question.... Sorry :) Without my triggers I cant exceed 1/200 sec. But with my triggers I can get up to 1/250 sec. With such a slow shutter speed what else can I do to properly expose both subject and background?
The model is amazingly beautiful. Great lesson too.
Excellent work... I was waiting for your new videos; likely, here they are!!!! thanks
You learn something new everyday! Thanks!!
I don't understand why the camera is set to 800 ISO, shouldn't it be 100-400?
Thanks a lot Mark Wallace for this pretty cool video. I have tried it on my deck with a little statue and the technique worked as advertised. I did it exactly in Manual Mode by metering the background and I have kept varying my Shutter Speed up and down with my SB700 in TTL Mode and I got virtually the same results. Pretty cool!
I have also tried the white background 18% Gray...
Cheers!
Btw-I did not do the the FEC with my SB700 but I can accomplish it with the D300 just like the Canon can...
Jade is super gorgeous!!! Im in love!!😍😍
I noticed in Canons the FEC does not seem to work in high speed mode. It works in the regular TTL mode. To get FEC I have to be in TTL mode with shutter speed not more than 1/200.
I'm obviously misunderstanding something. at about 8:33, he says that the background is getting lighter and darker, but the exposure on Jade is staying the same. I don't see that -- she seems to be getting lighter and darker as well. Does he mean that she's matching the background exposure?
the background is changing, when he over exposes her the flash really is still the same but because the background is getting so bright it seems like the flash is to..but the flash on her face is still at the same exposure
R Ruttan look at her cheeks in all the pictures at 8:33 the flash stays the same
Mike Sparks
The flash stays the same, but the exposure does not. Look at her hair and red shirt. The flash can add light, but it can't take it away.
I think I watched this video like two ago. Didn't know what Mark was talking about. With stay-at-home order, I have been watching a lot of UA-cam photography with Gavin H. Learm a quite a bit, and understood pretty much Mark was talking about.
Before adding the speedlight to the camera you metered on the background. After adding the speedlight did you continue to meter on the background, or did you meter on Jade?
Hey Mark,
What about using a light meter (I have a Sekonic L308XU- that wasn’t even around when you shot this video!) with a flash?
@Raggnarr13 Yes, you can do exposure compensation for the ambient in P mode, aperture priority or shutter priority modes in Nikon, and exposure compensation for the flash separately.
This is how Joe McNally often shoots with iTTL (underexpose the ambient by a stop, bump up the flash by a stop and a third).
Yeah, my Nikon D300 has separate exposure and flash compensation too. And wouldn't even the D90 have flash compensation settings in the menus even if there is not a dedicated dial or button?
In the demonstration what metering mode were you using with the canon? Thanks
You mention that the flash has the setting "FP" - is it this function that makes the flash only controlled by the aperture? Or is the flash always controlled by the aperture regardless of the flash settings?
Great! Thanks for the comparison of the different flash control methods of Canon and Nikon, that was very helpful for me :)
Even the D5100 has these features even though there are no dedicated buttons for it. Easy to access in the menu however.. This seems to be somewhat of a plug for Canons..
i have a question here regarding canon cameras.....
while using flash in the manual/ttl mode i know that the shutter speed controls the ambient light. my question is if i use ttl mode, will the aperture setting increase or decrease the flash?
@wersaswer He is using a flash, which should negate the need to raise the ISO + he isn't using a long lens and he's also using a low aperture.
Why such a high ISO in bright sun?
Thanks for the video. I am trying to learn as much as I can about doing Head shots and all information is useful. I do prefer the style and work of Dylan Patrick and Peter Hurley that use 135mm to 200mm lens to get compress the background. Thanks for the info.
I truly cant believe that you have some dislikes. .....
Brilliant work.
Very good. I've forgotten so much of this. I had way too many shadows on the face of a model last weekend; I was using my Pentax, which is my airshow camera, rather than my Cannon, which has a far more powerful and effective flash.
the shutter speed is fast and the aperture is relatively small, making the scene overall pretty dark, hence the ISO compensation... besides most modern cameras these days handle high ISOs very well without any noticeable noise (even upto the 1600/3200)...
8:12 Exposure Compensation does not seem to keep the exposure on the model equal with the flash, while making the background lighter or darker?
Great video as always. The Sony A700 also has the ability to work exposure and flash comp individually also.
I think this is the best explanation I've seen and help by the examples. (Hmm Pritty sure Sony A7Riii and the A9ii can do similar to the Cannon ! 're exposure and flash compensation ) Ile have to try. Thanks for the video.
use manual mode and shoot at ISO 800 in mid day sunlight?