No kidding! At last somebody explains all the terminology and applications of using flash and flash modifiers. Thank you!

Wow... I'm glad I found this one video. Among the dozen I've watched on flash photography and modifiers, it was BY FAR the most useful AND easy to understand! During the covid confinement I've ordered a bunch of stuff off Amazon Canada but ended up returning everything lol. Understanding how modifiers work will make you choose better which one you need and avoid wasting money on tons of accessories ur never gonna use. I've been shooting for over 10 years outside but felt like learning studio photography so I've though of setting something in my living room so it NEEDS to be quick and easy to not only set up but to disassemble and put back in the locker. Therefore... softboxes are the WORST thing to use and you're right that shape doesn't matter, so having that huge bulky box is of a major pain to set and move around while you can instead either use a cheap umbrella, or even better a "Octobox" so you get the best of both worlds by having a foldable softbox that can also equip a grid if required! Now however you made me thinking... as I just got myself a (Godox AD400Pro) as my main flash "key light", should I buy a mid-range TTL Speedlights instead of a inexpensive manual Strobe such as a (Godox MS300) for my fill light, and background light? I thought Speedlight were cheap/lowend gear cause so many people use it wrong, but a strobe cost an arm if you want it with TTL like my AD400, they are heavier, require pricier/heavier stands, they have a huge thick power cord unless you get a wireless one which also cost an arm and use expensive lithium batteries... yet they seem to do the same job in the end. What's the downside of them... less power and that's it??? If so then who cares if it's only for your back/fill light? Thanks for the info!

This must the best video on KZread on this topic - thank you for making it straightforward

really great job, Pye! Thank you for a nice guide - as usually very concrete, very clear and easy to use! Greetings from Vladivostok!! :-)

Wow, thanks so much Pye, u did a really great job!

I love these videos, they're super informative.

Mannnnn YOU ARE THE REAL MVP! Love it

Thanks! I finally understand the purpose of silver reflectors. Pye, you explanations and style make for great tutorials. I always enjoy your vids. TY.

Great explanation Pye. It doesn’t get easier than that. Thank you.

Great tutorial, very helpful. Really needed this. Thanks Pye !

As always great clear explanation. I love your videos. Great work.

We wish a more of these sort of tutorials. Thank you one of the best I have ever watched. Very clear and lucidly explained.

Awesome, Thank you for explaining!!

Love that video Pye. So so helpful mate 👌

This is what i need! Im achieving a look for my next shoot and this video clearly explain how modifiers work

Succinct and easy to follow. Well done.

Amazing tutorial!! Great job. Thks indeed

Nice! Fundemantals, groundwork - love it! Very informative with no fancy terminology and over enthusiastic presenters. Great info, easy to follow - Keep it up dude!

Great video - really clear and really helpful if you’re starting out with flash photography

Very nice. I appreciate the explanations and steps taken. Thanks.

Awesome tutorial. I hope you make such videos for the rest of the common modifiers (softbox, beauty dish).

Wow i loved it!!

Thank you so much! Useful tips.

Great tutorial Pye! Shows the difference between diffused and soft light. Nobody ever tells you that.

On point explaining, very good tutorial!

Very well done. Excellent job.

Thank you. I appreciate your class 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️

Great teacher!

That was a pretty clear and concise explanation.

gold ! thank you

This makes me hungry! I have to find more like this.

Thank you sir for a Nice guide

this guy rocks explaining

so nice explanation. thanks a lot

Excellent 👍🏻

EXCELLENT VIDEO

Great!

Great video 👍

Excellent video

🚨🚨💐 Epic

Nice video.. as always nicely explained.. how does an octabox compare to white umbrellas or may be that reflective umbrella?

Extremely helpful video. Gave a very good insight to things. Can you do a video of how to do a full body portrait in a room / studio setup with flash + modifier while keeps background fully dark. I am doing with a reversed umbrella and the subject lighting is fine but the light keeps spilling over to background, surrounding etc so wanted to learn how to control that.

Thank you! :)

i want to learn more😍😍

Are there differences in the quality or the color consistency of the light with a Profoto studio strobe and other less expensive strobes, for example Flashpoint? If you start your session off shooting a color balance card wouldn't you be able to color correct any strobe in LR?

@PanzerIV88

3 жыл бұрын

I think it would be useful as you suggest that once the light is set up and ur ready to shoot, u just take a test picture with ur model holding a neutral grey card so then u can set the correct WB in Lightroom and copy-paste it to other pictures!

Grazie! ))

That was a masterpiece, Well understood. I prefer Softbox, precisely Octabox than Umbrella for catch light and control. I need a medium-sized Octagon softbox, any suggestion on what size can be Ideal for full body portraits and headshots?

@PanzerIV88

3 жыл бұрын

If I understood what u were looking for, the Godox AD400Pro I bought recently came in with a 85cm Octobox which I find very convenient and useful. Not too small so you can have a soft light, not too big to be cumbersome in a living room or small studio :) I use it as my main source of light.

What do recommend to shoot and emphasize muscles? Body builders? Hard direct light?

The description of specular light here doesn't feel complete. You said that specularity occurs when you shoot the light "right at your subject", but that's vague enough to include some forms of non-specular light, and you can get specular light through a softbox with a powerful enough source/weak enough diffusion. A better description of specularity is the presence or lack of a hotspot: whether there is significant light fall off as you move away from the center of the beam, or there isn't. In the side-by-side example, the specular highlights on the skin that you point to aren't more noticeable in one picture than the other, but it's *very* clear in the specular photo that there's a hotspot on the subject's cheek and falloff near the edges of the face, while the distribution of light is more even in the diffused photo. Overall, solid video, great presentation. Just wanted to add this clarification for anyone who wants it

So, I'm guessing, an ice cream cone shaped snoot makes harder light because it makes the light smaller, and also a little more directional, like a grid. Does it matter much if the inside of the snoot is white/black/silver?

Where can I get one of those tshirts?

main light : key light

A large "specular" light source is not soft. It is not the size that makes a light source soft, it is the family of angles coming from it (larger source just typically happen to create a larger family of angles). Try reading the book "Light, Science & Magic" which tells you more about light than you probably imagine. The authors don't make a distinction between "hard" and "specular" because there is none.