Wow such a great explanation! I have a good few years of experience with daylight photography, but I am dabbling with flash photography more recently, as I love some of the effects it produces. I even used this slow shutter effect before, but now I finally understand why things work the way they do. Huge thanks for the sync modes explanation at the end too, had no idea of what those did.

Great explanation

Another top quality video Eddy! 2024 going to be HUGE for you! Calling it now!

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks very much! ❤️ I hope so 🤞

I have my front button set so my screen darkens or goes light by the press of that button like a on/off switch for the setting. Love your channel. Only found it tonight. 👍👍. X100vi user and XH2s.

@EddyMaynard

26 күн бұрын

Ah thats cool i didnt know you could do that?! Is that just on the VI?

@DerekComer

26 күн бұрын

@@EddyMaynard no on all Fuji cameras. I had it set up like that on my xt3 when I had one.

I used to do this with my popup flash with my t3i and it was my go to style for a while, always fun and gets some oos and aas!

Wow, I learned SO much from this video. I didn't know my camera could produce such a cool effect! Thank you. Quick question though: do you know why sometimes the SLOW TTL option is not available on the Fuji X100V? Sometimes only the normal TTL flash is possible. I tried switching the aperture and shutter to manual or auto but it doesn't fix the problem...and I can't find the answer anywhere online.

Thanks Eddy I’ve never thought of turning the preview in the screen off for framing with flash, I just use the viewfinder selector because I don’t use the screen much at all but good to know there’s a way of doing this 👍

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

I only realised you could do it a few months back when I was in the studio and I was like ‘hang on, surely there’s a better way to do this’ haha. Using the OVF is a good workaround though, I usually do that when using the built in flash but at this gig when I had 50 people spin kicking each other behind me, I opted for the screen so I could keep an eye out for my own safety hahaha Thanks for watching!

This was super informative! Thank you

Great video! You make everything look easy...

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Stoked you watch my vids, been following you on insta a while and I love your work 🤝

I saw these photos on the fuji group on fb today! nice

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks very much for watching :)

Niiice man! A always wondered how this was done. Thanks for the information! 🤙🏼

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

No problem! It’s a lot of trial and error depending on the situation but hopefully this gives you a massive head start 😌 thanks for watching!

Amazing video, Eddy! Straightforward and practically useful tips, keep going man!

@EddyMaynard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you found it helpful :)

Best tip was off preview EXP :) Or use optical viewfinder :)

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Optical viewfinder is my go-to usually but too many people kicking the shit out of each other at this gig to have my eyes through my camera hahaha, had to use the screen to keep one eye out for my safety 😂

@noahsedillo5470

4 ай бұрын

For real this helped a lot

Much love ❤️

Another incredibly informative video! THANK YOU!!! I have watched so many videos/tutorials on flash photography and I have only ever found one other video that taught me in very simple terms what I should be doing to achieve that look (spoiler alert: it was YOUR previous video on flash photography lol). Keep up the great content! I always leave your videos learning something new. P.S. I love the way you say "photos" haha

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Glad you found this helpful! And thank you! Really appreciate that :)

Great content, keep it up!

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks very much! 😌

Solid tutorial dude!

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks man!!

What a great video 🎉

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

I can’t wait for that custom black and white preset!

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Coming soon… just in the process of making a couple extra ones to simulate pushed black and white film +1 and +2 stops

Great vid - thanks

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

No problem! Thanks for watching

Was not planning to move back into any flash photography cus its always so bulky to lug around but damn this tiny flash looks really good especially paired with a retro styled camera like the x100

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

thank you! i agree its a pain sometimes, the built in flash still works great for this though!

@Teledible

4 ай бұрын

@@EddyMaynard really appreciate your insights and tips, my photos turned out pretty well thanks to you. Looking forward to more creative content from you! :)

👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 very helpful

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

thanks for watching!

If budget wasn’t really an issue, is the Q20 the flash you’d absolutely recommend for the X100? Love your content so much legend

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

No, mine sometimes has connection issues (maybe 20% of the time) which make it a little unreliable for paid work. Other than that, it’s great, but if money was no issue I’d buy a ef-x20 for on top of the camera, and a seperate speed light with wireless triggers for when I wanted off camera flash. But for the budget, this one can’t be beaten! When it works, it’s great. Thanks very much!!

Awesome Video Eddy! 🤘🏼

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

thank you! :)

any idea when Title Fight is coming back ?

i farted into a bag of crisps

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing ❤️

Great thx ! Possible outdoor for a painting mood ?

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Yes! Ideally for outdoor you’d want to use an external flash at a high setting, and use the build in ND filter on the x100 to cut out daylight but still get that slow shutter. Aperture probably around f16-22

Eddy, do you think fuji will have an update on the x100v in 2024 with new features?

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Hey! If you mean software, I doubt it. Especially now the x100vi is out, id imagine that any firmware updates that bring new features will be reserved for the VI

Great Video Eddy! Just wondering: Could you share what the shutter count of your x100v is? You seem to use it a lot.

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! and its currently 36,200. All single shot, I never use burst

@in0711

4 ай бұрын

@@EddyMaynard awesome. And it seems to be in very good shape too :)

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

@@in0711 a few tiny scratches but it just adds character 😌 Both my sony cameras are on 200k+ each and holding up pretty well too!

will the WCL affect the quality of the in built flash ?

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

It gets in the way of the built in flash and casts a shadow across the bottom of the photo yes!

Does IBIS affect the light trails?

@EddyMaynard

4 ай бұрын

If you’re using a camera with ibis, it might yes. Throwing the camera to one side like I was doing in the video will still create movement but the ibis will try to correct it as much as possible so it will have *some* effect, albeit probably a very small one. For full control, I’d probably turn it off if you were doing this kind of photography, but I really don’t think it would make a big difference. Ibis is super handy if you want to use rear curtain sync though, like the example with the runner towards the end of the video. For that kind of light trail, you’re probably going to want the camera to be as still as possible and let the subject (in that case, the runner) do all the moving. So for this, ibis would be an advantage.

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