How to take PERFECT Night Portraits with One Speedlight | Westcott FJ80 

I NEVER comment on these videos, but this one is just way too good. So informative with the power ratios, light setup as well as background and foreground exposure. I just HAD to say thank you for this video. Newbies (including myself) tend to overthink things which causes some of us to just forgo using flash/strobes. THANK YOU! From Austin, Texas!

Christmas in June!? I'm here for it :)

I'm a fan & love what you do but here's a challenge Eli, minimalism. 1- FJ80II with no softbox, a small modifier such as a MagMod Magsphere & a Maggrid, which would all take up very little room in a camera backpack or sling & a lightweight nano stand.

Thanks for keeping it simple! I'm kinda intimidated by flash photography, but you just explained plain and simple!

Yesterday I watched the Off Camera Flash Portrait video you did with B&H Photo. The whole thing was amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!

Well about time my good sir. Missed the vids. Thanks for the tips

Love this video!🎉

Great Video!!!

Awesome content as usual Eli!

#elPedo was very well covered. Great explanation and suggestions Eli.

YES!!! Missed your videos, bro! I hope you're doing well 🙌

A Cook Book for night photography! Thank you. It's getting so damn hot here, time to wait and shoot outside at night when hopefully it's a little cooler. Any suggestions for adding colored gel lights to the background, when the dark background is otherwise uninteresting? Or maybe that's the subject for another video?

I could never hold my camera still enough to utilize such shutter speeds.

Hi sir which is excellent or suitable these two lens for nikon d780 someone work it for studio photography 1=Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 DG HSM, Black (212955) for Nikon 2=Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED Vibration Reduction Zoom Lens with Auto Focus for Nikon DSLR Cameras

Hi sir, I have a question, putting the bottom of the softbox on shoulder level, what is the intention and does it apply for full body portraits also?

Why do you recommend shooting at high focal lengths?

I also love shallow DOF but why always at 1.2? What bugs me is that, any aperture higher than f1.4 is not “professional”……….which is the opposite. F1.2 is over used and there are shots that shouldn’t… If people could go f 0.3 they would. You can have big bokeh even at f4 5.6 by placing the subject even closer, still full body at just 100 mm with a Macro lens and the image at that aperture is way sharper, corner to corner. In the movies, they never shoot at 1.2, 1.4. And I’ve seen people shooting headshots at f1.2. The ears and chest are severely out of focus, which is completely wrong. You have to shoot at f5.6, f8 and you still get a very blurry background. Again, subject distance in relation to the background. And not everything should be shot at that aperture. Group shots, is f10! And you still get background blur and everyone is in focus. I’m sure you know that but must people don’t.

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