Honestly, this way the best demonstration of all overview tutorials on KZread for direct sunlight photography.

@Brettflorens

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@courtneynoelstudio

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing!

@Kaiesis

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't hear anything over the wind.

Absolutely one of the most straight forward and well done set of shooting in harsh light examples. Thank you

@Brettflorens

9 ай бұрын

Thanks aul - cool of you

this is one of the best videos on you tube on how to combat harsh light. Thank you for sharing.

@Brettflorens

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Rostand

I like how Brett demonstrated the shots at each and every change. Good way to learn from him. Keep it up Brett

@Brettflorens

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Amit!

The reflector using the backlit shot looked the best

@Brettflorens

Жыл бұрын

Thanks - the cool thing is that youhave many choices and it is then a personal preference

@SurferKroky

Жыл бұрын

@@Brettflorens Absolutely 👍 everyone will have their own preferences. Great explanation of all the different techniques

"to make it better or different" - yes, thank you!

Another great video. Super step by step Instructions. Thanks for uploading Bret

@Brettflorens

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate - glad it resonated with you

Great video! Straight to the point

Loved!! Very inspiring!

Yeah, it's finally online! Great advise Brett, many thanks and keep on going. Missing the great time during our Dubai workshop this spring. Appreciated your advise, time and effort to help us all become better in marketing, business & photography. Cheers, Michael

It is a nice demonstration video i have ever seen on direct sunlight. Will be appreciate if you make video on how we can use phone camera to get best photo in direct sunlight or in the cloudy days. Thank a lot for your nice videos.

Thanks for sharing.I hope to see you in Morocco 😃

Great Video showing how to keep it simple.

@Brettflorens

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, great feedback!

This video was very informative thank you, thank you, thank you that was very kind of you to share it

@Brettflorens

5 жыл бұрын

you are welcome! thanks for taking the time to write

Nice video!!!

Thanks for sharing sir

Loved those f16 photos

Great demo and great tutorial w/o talking forever and not showing results right away. Wish I were there to learn more in person. Thanks so much!!

@Brettflorens

5 жыл бұрын

I there - I hold workshops frequently, check out brettflorens.com/photographers - thanks for the kind comment.

Very useful, good job!

@Brettflorens

5 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

thank you!

@Brettflorens

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Great even results

@Brettflorens

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much - appreciate the feedback

Great Tutorial. Amazing how the quality of the photos increased to the beautiful dreamy dramatic high speed sync. Shots with scrim diffuser and silver reflected were great affordable option. What size reflector did you use? I assume you could have also used a 6 stop ND filter to bring f/16 to f/2 without high-speed sync for the same dramatic shots in the end.

@Brettflorens

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment, it is the 105 I think.

@fathampeak

2 жыл бұрын

The 6 stop ND filter would also reduce the flash light reaching the camera, so the flash would still struggle to overpower the sun. You could move the flash very close to the subject and try a ND filter, but the flash would still need to be softened with a light modifier. All light modifiers cost some light-usually 1-2 stops, sot the speedlight is always going to struggle. Maybe find some shade to shoot in where the ambient light is less. O find a speedlight that has High Speed Synch function.

I thought this was Star wars

@Brettflorens

3 жыл бұрын

Haha - Brilliant!

How about embracing the shadow with reduced fill. This will bring out the contrasting contoured shadow profile while the reduced fill will still maintain the glamour of the model as well as the dress

Excellent tips, thanks. About the sound, was it a built-in mic or did it sound like that even with a dead cat on a dedicated mic ?

@Brettflorens

6 жыл бұрын

Whatever it was it was a disaster!

Awesome video. Question, What if the foreground the client wants is in a specific direction which has the sunlight directly hitting their faces? What options do you have especially if your doing photos for the whole wedding party at the same location.

@dayeah765caoni3

Жыл бұрын

scrim

Baie dankie Brett. Goeie een.

@greatday2224

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry Brett. I commented in Afrikaans. I said that its a good video and thanks alot. ;)

@Brettflorens

4 жыл бұрын

anytime - I understand Afrikaans

Very impressive tutorial bro

@Brettflorens

5 жыл бұрын

appreciate the feeback

Nice video with the softbox was stunning. It seems for larger families the best option would really be multiple speed lights sun behind or just lift shadows in edit?

@Brettflorens

9 ай бұрын

Spedlights in daylight won't have much effect - they are around 50w/s and this Quadra is 400w/s - so 8 times more powerfull than a speedlight. The off camera flash would be the best option for a family. Lifting the shadows in post is a last resort. Thanks for the comment

Great Video!! the wind was a little rough

There were some complaints about the noise, oh well, the information was very much worth putting up with a little noise. THank you very much. I do have a question though. I see in another comment you do not use speedlights. The big softbox I assume had studio lighting that uses wall outlet electricity 115/230 volts and you had some big batteries. Have you used or considered the Godox small Ad200 through Ad600/1200 (which can compete with the sun) flashes that use onboard battery and are light and portable? I have seen some very good results from these from some professional photographers and wondered if you tried them and have an opinion on the quality and usability of this type of flash over speedlights or studio lighting.

@Brettflorens

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment Carlos, I don't use speedlights because of the lack of power and I shoot for high end clients and what the client experience to be one of a commercial or fashion shoot. That is intentional. The big softbox is portable, they are battery powered, small and lightweight. www.elinchrom.com/battery/elb500ttl.html I haven't used the Godox range. Have a great day!

What strobe did you use? I want to upgrade from a speedlight and I love the results you had in this video!

@Brettflorens

3 жыл бұрын

Jvstn - thanks for your comment. Here I’m using the Elinchrom ELB400

@jvstn1321

3 жыл бұрын

Brett Florens Thank you for your reply! So I have a follow up question: when you took the next few theatrical, stylish looking shots with the Elinchrom all you did was move your aperture to f/16 to decrease the flash power and help it blend with the natural light better? I like how the images pop more once you made that adjustment.

what kind of system does the photographer have on his belt to hook the camera on his hip?

real scenario Im alone at weddings so i got the speedlights on 2 cameras. In TTL and harsh sun the TTL will go hot and slow the recicle time. if the couple want the shoot in harsh light becouse the location, what camara/speedlight settings are your starting point? ( wedding) not open shade / not back light

@Brettflorens

5 жыл бұрын

I real wedding situations you need to work with an assistant with great lighting. I don't use speedlights during the day. Check out - vimeo.com/ondemand/destinationdubai

Deadcat wind screen works just as well as your light screen.

@Brettflorens

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the input.

Great vid. But can you find a grumpier looking subject?

@RogueBystander

4 жыл бұрын

it's hard to find models without burqas. Shooting porn ain't easy in those countries...

Hi amazing tutorial very very beautiful,can you plz tell me the location of your photo shoot.Cheers Buddha bless you and your sweet family always and plz keep making many such more beautiful vieas ad stay safe,stay healthy always🙂❤❤❤

@Brettflorens

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you - I really can't remember the venue. It was a workshop with Light House Studio in Dubai

That last flash setup... do you have links?

@Brettflorens

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, do you mean links to the product?

ISO 400 in that mid day sun light at f2.8? Way throw away the color bit depth? And dynamic range, when you don’t ned to? You have al the light you ned at ISO 64... if you can’t hod the camera sturdy at 1/800sek get a tripod!

@Brettflorens

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the advice, I will bare that in mind the next time I shoot.

He knows his shiit!

@Brettflorens

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much - appreciate the feedback.

hi, is that a 70/200 lens mate?

@Brettflorens

6 жыл бұрын

Yes mate

@Brettflorens

5 жыл бұрын

no, 85 1.4 sorry for the lengthy delay

7:26 The problem with this setup is that it looks like you shot the model in your studio with a poster behind her. The large softbox is also throwing shadows where they should not be, looking at the direction of the shadows on the background.

@Brettflorens

3 жыл бұрын

It really no issue if you don't like it. My target market likes what I do and pays me for that. That's what matters to me.

@TheovdGulik

3 жыл бұрын

@@Brettflorens Oh wow, how unprofessional. So you make a video, pretending to "teach" others something, and if another person tells you you're teaching the wrong method (because it sucks and looks fake) you snap back and say "well my clients like it"? Good luck with your business buddy. But don't pretend to be a professional who can teach others how to do it.

Thank you for a great video! Just wondering why the model is so miserable.

@Brettflorens

4 жыл бұрын

It was a lighting demonstration, I hope you learned what you needed to learn. Her little boy was really sick in her home country, she couldn't get hold of her mum and was really worried about him. Now you know.

Can you please make one we don’t have all that we’re small aid organisations we work in the desserts

@Brettflorens

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Eve, I'm not too sure what you mean

Audio is awful but video is very useful

Nice video but useless to me as I live in Ireland and as you know the Sun never shines there.

@TimorBlindsideBreakdown

4 жыл бұрын

so you always have a soft light, I would trade it for harsh light everyday...

Sorry but that soft box was way to high, her eyes looked dead.

Bravo bro bravo instructions so clear you mess this up you need a new hobby...

@Brettflorens

8 ай бұрын

Thanks......I think

wind noise so distracting.

I just gave u an gorgeous dislike 😇

@Brettflorens

4 жыл бұрын

I hope that it made you feel really good for doing that.

@Jason19881

4 жыл бұрын

@@Brettflorens noo sorry I was mad at that Time Im Really sorry