3 Simple Steps to Using Off-Camera Flash with Zach Gray 

Zach, I am watching this for the first time. What I heard first and foremost was your testimony of how God moved in your life. Some people won't want to read this, but I can never deny God. I am a photographer/graphic designer as well. I do want to learn how to start a photography business with a budget of $0.00 at this time. Keep motivating us. God bless.

One thing you have to like about this video is this is like real life. Things don't always go as planned and since the problems aren't edited out you get a snippet of what it's really llike on a job or a webinar. If things can go wrong they will, they key is keeping your cool and keep moving forward. Sure the model might get a little bored but they get paid the same if things go smooth or not. The photographer is the one dealing with the pressure and trying to keep everyone engaged and it's nice when people can jump in and help. If you have been a professional photog and do teaching you hit snags like this once in awhile. It is refreshing to me to see the problems and how they are dealt with, I have more respect for Zach because of that, it's like working without a net.

Wow. Talented but it was the story of his life that had me. So deserving.

The most impressive lessons with the camera and before the camera.

Maybe I am just at the point where all these tips are making sense in my head, but this has been one of the best lighting tutorials I have watched in the past two years. I've taken a ton of notes and look forward to trying out many of the techniques shown. Thank you!

Zach - wonderful course. I loved seeing that even the pros have to deal with glitches and a cut finger. God bless you and your beautiful family!!!

He’s taught how many umpteen thousands of people, this is the first I’ve ever heard his name

Zach, I enjoyed your 2-hour information packed Adorama sponsored video. Very comical to see even a seasoned PRO sweat & keep it real at the same time with a locked light meter & cut finger...LOL!! Would like to learn more about setting the ambient light percentage on the light meter both on location and in the studio. Great Video Zach!! Appreciate you giving back of your time and knowledge.

I did that, placing the center of the light just above eye level and it really does work great. Quick and easy.

Absolutely brilliant (no pun intended) presentation. Best I’ve ever seen! Thank you so much! Eric

Omg... You made this so simple!!!! Thank you!!!!!!

Hey Zach, you are an EXCELLENT teacher (especially of off-camera flash)... thanks so much for sharing this! Obviously there are so many different ways to do things, but I just happened to really take to the techniques that I have seen you using in many videos, such as: meter using percentage of flash to ambient (60%, 70%, etc.), initial shutter speed 1/100 to leave some room for dialing the ambient on the fly, using ND filters to allow wider apertures, etc. I just wanted to thank you for this video and your past videos. From Kentucky, best of luck to you and your family down there in Nashville!

Seth is the man!!!

Definitely one of the best vids

Zach Gray, you are great and thank you for sharing with us.

I came here for photography, but I am leaving with life lessons much greater and inspiring.

Excellent Video. The examples and explanations are very informational. Great Job

Loving your content. Thank you

I'm just wondering how aggravated Seth was when Zach sandbagged the wrong leg and tried to use the wrong side of the boom 🤣.

Excellent class; one of the most useful I've watched. The light meter percentage trick is exactly what I've been looking for to speed up outdoor shots. I've always shied away from meters because I felt they slowed me down, but the one you've recommended will definitely help get me going faster. 👍

Big thanks that Seth Miranda was there!!!!!

pushed liked and subscribed the video is so nice

Hey Zach, Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

Amazing man. Talk about cool under pressure. Great work. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

I like this guy. I hope he does more long form presentations.

So informative and great

outstanding...amazing class

I enjoyed this thanks for the talk always useful to hear other viewpoints, techniques and approaches! I wonder what those flashes are you had on set they look minimal and compact? Tehy look lightweight and easy to use rather than the fat monoblocks or highly costly units usually shown - Im using speedlights but fancy something a little more punchy but without a huge price

Everyone being distracted by their own ego, judging this guy..... great way to show your small mindedness. Don't worry about al the good info on this video. Worry about how small you feel listening to this guy. Lol.

Awesome video Zach, can you do these shots by using just speedlites and a meter you don't have studio strobes? Thanks Mark from Australia

Hey Zack Thanks a lot for you time and knowledge. Fantastic information . Been contemplating a career change forever and your enthusiusm and words at the beginning in regards of how we think and say "When I do this" is what has to happen to put our dreams and passions into actions and not just thoughts. Playing with photography since I was 18 and now soon to be 51 I think its time to "get at it" If I could ask what presets are you using . I love the black and white at 1:55 Is there somewhere I can purchase that group of presets ? Thanks Dave

1:40:00 ) I had the same situation when my 2 year old son put his hand on my L358, it took 2 sec for him to LOCK it, and 5 minutes for me surfing the net to UNLOCK it ))

I want to learn more from you. I shot 2 weddings & was terrified both times. I did make some nice pictures but wished I could have done better. I also missed a lot of good shots. I need a ton more eqiupment. I'm also looking for the best & easy photo editing system.

Zach ,you should have given everyone free of everything you were giving away, you know like OPRAH when she had her show. Anyway nice presentation , despite the light meter incident you handle it nicely.👍True PROFESSIONAL

The host is great. What a life story.

This guy came teaching and talk in lighting ratios with formula = (key + fill) /fill Not 1/1 , 1/2, 1/4......go all neard and egocentric messing with people brain) and at the end dont know to use a C-stand and is lightmeter. Very intertaining. At the end Seth save the day and nobody else then him go to the hospital. Very fun . Lawf a lot. Seth was very cool and calm.

I tried the two links for flash guide and gear guide and never received the emails

Very fun . Laft a lot. Seth was very cool and calm.

Are they in hand cuffs, my friend? At 56:36 Love the photo.

I LOVED THIS PRESENTATION-EXCELLENT, LEARNED A LOT 👍

Your settings are missing , as angle of light and the direction of light showcase the subject ..could you incorporate the camera settings..thank you

If you were looking for simple steps, well...too bad !!! 20 minutes to set up his 2 lights, and 20 long minutes for his model to wait before being photographed. She seems to be bored like hell... For the result, I find that what he does is too complicated. No need to have studio flashes & sekonic or whatever metering system to take a shot as simple as this one. Among the bunch of videos I ve watched, I like 1 especially. Jerry Ghionis "Depth of field 2018 The luxury of light", this will help you understand and being obsessed with light. There are some other very interesting videos and tutorials on SLR lounge, Fstoppers...go check it out !!! You will learn how to use and understand lighting unstead of learning complicated techniques, and buying bunch of stuffs to get this simple image. This image could have been done with just one speed light and a reflector. Don t get me wrong , I don t say that this photographer is not good, I saw his pictures on google and it s really good work, but I think that this kind of demonstration for a such simple image is too much.(If he tells me he s at f8 on his meter, I don t care to see it on the display...). I think that we' re all too much focused on how to learn techniques and what materials will make us do the best pictures instead of focusing on how can we be more creative and learning how light works.

Do modeling lights aid in effecting the size of the pupil?

hi why you cut the shoulder ?

be good to specify the light meter model exact there are two similar same price apparently one doesn't have the flash trigger mode so this technique wouldn't give you the reading you'd need.

I think you are wrong about saying that the native ISO of Nikon cameras is 200 ISO, crop sensor cameras are 200 ISO, but full frame Nikon camera are 100 ISO.

An hour and 44 minutes until he's actually taking pictures of his model....I feel bad for her.

Good sells man amateur photographer

At 1:47:20 see how he corrected himself? THATS how you use a c stand kids. They sell baby pins for a reason

Zach and Seth Miranda differ on the positioning of the sandbag... which one is the correct way? Has he ever worked with a C-stand before? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G6ISqc4ctx8.html

He did show that his assistants do all of his lighting set ups yet yes under his direction. Why he decided to do it all himself when he normally doesn't confused me. At least he shows his vulnerability . Yet none of this diminishes his skill and knowledge. You meed too remember these videos are free because he's selling all the equipment he uses. There are ways to get same results much cheaper.

Don't use Lightroom for tethering!

while I respect the work, why does it take 2 hours to describe "3 simple steps"?

This guy seems so lost...

Unless you can do all this for about $50 or $100 it won't work here in WV. Price rules here, they could care less about quality. Why show us all this good stuff unless it is something we can do on a small budget. Not all of us have your kind of money dude to spend on off camera gear like this (if you were really that poor like I am now). When you teach a class, teach it on the income level of your class or who is going to be watching, not the income level you may be at now.

Wow, 15 minutes of talking about himself and inflating his own ego before talking about photography.

two hours for infos of two minutes with some misunderstood facts and common waste brought as sensational discoveries... two hours wasted time.

so boring..! No expecting from Adorama..!