Pye you are an amazing photographer!!! You blow my mind with this video expecially with the second light effect you got just from one light source. I have never thought of using a flash like this!! Thank you sharing your techniques!!!
Great video, thanks. I'm guessing in your studio when you're talking, it looks like you're white balanced for daylight, so that's forcing your background lights to be deep orange? Would have been good to point that out, since at a wedding it might not look good, but in your studio it's a stylized look that looks great.
Great information, I will be using your technique very soon. I was looking for more lighting techniques to set me apart from the rest of the crowd. As always you are a great teacher. Thanks Pye!
I tried it by setting up a yellow and further orange gel (Diffuser cap) on my off camera flash/Speedlite. It really makes a lot of difference. Thanks for the tip. Saves from a lot of post production work of white balance correction. Subscribed :)
In the second scenario, why use an orange colored gel at all if your goal is to have the light look white? Why not use a daylight balanced flash and set your ISO accordingly? I didn't notice any changes or improvements in the background ambient light in the sky. What did I miss?
Dropping the temperature on the camera gives you a richer and more dramatic background. The orange gel just gives the subjects the correct color skin tone.
Absolutely love your videos and teaching style, dear Pye, just the music is too much, too dominant, for an HSP almost unbearable to listen to. Please reconsider, thank you! 😎
in nightclub photography I use mirrors to create some sort of second light if they are near by. anyway I just got these gel kits for my b1. Cant wait to use them soon. They were a bit overpriced but that us profoto for you.
But what if the ambient light comes from LED light? I find they have all kind of different temperatures, making it difficult to choose the right gel colour.
Hi, I enjoyed the video but can you explain why you would shoot at 1/30th shutter speed? I understand you might want a little more light into the lens as it’s dark but are you not opening yourself up to camera shake?
In the article, it was explained that the shutter was actually 1/50th sec which when using a 50mm would not introduce camera shake. They also used an 85mm lens as well.
I got a wedding last night with the dance floor having a blue light. All of my shots of the subject turned blue. How do you correct this using a gel and a flash without ruining the mood?
His white balance is 3600 Kelvin which makes everything blue. The CTO gel on the flash makes the couple look normal instead of blue. For more information about this, watch the following: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YTjZOwt5h_4.html
I'd like to see more of the Profoto B2 - the initial review you did was great but would like to know your thoughts having (presumably) used it for over a year now.
+Janice K Flashes don't have a dial to turn up down white balance, is that what you are asking? Sorry might be missing the question. To modify light white balance we have to use gels, but a dial of sorts I am sure will be something that will happen in the future =)
Okay. Thank you. I think I got confused. White balance can be determined in camera without a flash. When a flash is on the camera one needs to have the gel because the flash has its own different temperature. Right?
Flash is only one color, normally a daylight-ish color. Changing the white balance on the camera can change the color appearance of the flash after the photo is taken and viewed. He gelled the flash because he wanted the flash to match the background or ambient light a certain way or contrast from it to get the look he desired and set the camera white balance manually accordingly. This is more of an advanced technique.
Com todo o respeito. Eu acredito que a última foto foi tirada em f.4 e não na f1.4, caso contrário, apenas o braço da garota estaria em foco. A profundidade de campo não permitira que tudo estivesse em foco.
He was probably using a 24 or 28, the focus zone increases as the focal length goes down. Plus, the subject's position is also important. Notice that both their faces seem to be on the same plane, which will reduces blur, but the focus point seems to be around her eye.
