Macro lighting TRANSFORMED my photos in this winter WONDERLAND (Tutorial with flash setup) 

These are so beautiful and simple. Excellent. No snow here so I will have to wait figure something out...lol

Having watched your channel for much of the past year, I've got some of my best photos following your advice. In this weeks snow, I got some great photos that I never thought possible a year ago. Many thanks for your efforts and Merry Christmas

Such a great technique I am definitely trying that

Spot on video - was in the garden in Berkshire at minus 5 deg C and did very much the same thing!

This was so fun to watch. I love moody shots and the flash can make it happen anytime

Thanks for the wonderful tutorial.

Blimey what a difference it makes having a flash so great to watch Andrew thank you for sharing 👍

I just recently discovered your channel. I enjoy your videos and they inspire me to get out and discover the macro world. I remember the days of freezing my backside (and other parts) off. I'm glad I moved to sunny Arizona. I can visit snow country within 2 hours if I want and come back to warmer weather. I'm spoiled.

We don't have snow here, so this is so epic to me.

I can feel how cold it is just from watching! Such pretty wintry shots ❤

wow! i love this.😍

Love the flash for this type of work. Also gives the subject some more depth & texture. High Speed sync works for me also along with freezing the subject when shooting outdoors which very rarely has no wind in my neck of the woods. Some nice photos & thanks for the vid.

Your videos are amazing and really helpful in my learning. Thank you 😊

Thanks again for another easy to follow video enhanced by your easy going personality. You’ve proven once again to look “in your own backyard”…

Bravo!

Magnificent light!

Really enjoy all your videos, indoor, outdoor, so much to learn. Planning to explore a local park this winter. -7 will be a warm day to go out. Winter in northern Canada can be much colder, good for practicing indoors. Always looking for your next video.

Thank you so much Andrew for the very valuable information and the great tutorial! God bless you!

Stunning images Andrew, such simple, clean images yet you can picture them framed on your wall…. Merry Christmas 🎄

I love it--just this morning (in SE Michigan, US) we had similar conditions (even a bit colder and we've got a huge winter storm on the way) and I couldn't get out there fast enough. The frost was great not only on the foliage but on the cars and macros are indeed a great way to appreciate the delicate crystalline forms. It's even better when we get hoarfrost, but that's not so common (especially higher up on the trees where it's much more dramatic). Some of my favorite images are those that involve water in various states, especially frozen. I rarely need a tripod or use any type of artificial lighting but you certainly can get some interesting effects that way, so thanks for reminding me to try that more often (and I also love to push contrast and use backlighting). Sometimes there's also a wonderful prismatic effect (especially when the sun is low--I see that with dew as well). Yeah--I love dogs but ours aren't the best "photo assistants" either... BtW, there are some great touchscreen-compatible gloves out there. I try to "cold-condition" my hands for ice climbing but it's still hard to go bare-handed for long when it's super-cold, but winter's such a great time for photography and some of the best shots are made during the worst conditions!

You shouldn't have mentioned where you were, Andrew ... Getting homesick 🤭. Well, minus seven sounds like mild frost weather to me if I may compare it to the conditions of winter 2010,2011 and 2012... Golly goodness it was arctic cold. And btw... Absolutely stunning work of yours. Both images and your media content. Very interesting and informative and useful and enjoyable. Best regards from 🇩🇰

Another excellent video Andrew, thank you.

There a lot of interesting ideas here!

Andrew, that frost was tea...sing you but it was so worth it. Drink it in folks.

Fantastic macro, simple but beautiful subjects 😍

Great vid! Gave me a few ideas!! I’m glad you took the time! Thx much!

I agree 100% with your choice of that last image as the best of the day! The rim lighting, detail the flash accentuates and hoar frost make for a special shot. I also sympathize with enduring the cold... Not comfortable, even if it makes for a wonderful and unique photo oppirtunity! Macro flash is a great technique. I notice you use wireless triggering to have freedom to position the flash wherever you like. I've used an off-camera shoe cord for similar, but it looks like wireless works even better. It also is possible to over do the use of macro flash. I recall many years ago one of the macro shooters I followed (maybe Joe MacDonald?) swore off flash for a while, looking for something other than the black background effect in every shot. So it can go both ways... And just trying something different, taking on a new challenge or breaking habits, often can get the creative juices flowing again.

Thank you for another inspirational video. You have a fantastic way of explaining / teaching. Seasons greetings.

That Labrador nearly stole the show! But not quite. Lovely shots Andrew. Nice one.

Wow, 1st time I’ve watched your channel and some of those images with the backlighting were excellent, I’m just into learning macro so your video has been a great help. Thank you.

Thoroughly enjoying your channel, Andrew. So glad to have discovered it!

wow! this is so beautiful! all plants seem to be in sugar😍❄️

Brilliant loved it great video

Thank you for great video fingers crossed for some frosty days !

Inspiring work. Thanks Andrew.

Such lovely photos, I need to get out and try this. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Stunning pictures, Andrew. You are doing a heck of a job, my friend. Antoine from the Netherlands.

Just love those frozen leaves & plants, fantastic. Just got a macro lens off Santa so doing a bit of practising atm. I just love these shots of yours. Thank you so much for sharing & explaining to us. I see you made a friend on yr travels 😂 I love 7.01 great shot. 8.22 as well I love how you explain everything in simple English 14.27 I like Hope you defrosted out ok & kept all yr fingers 😂 Thank you for sharing, new sub here. Stay awesone x💕

Love your video ❤❤❤

Hallo Andrew ein super Video, ich warte auf dem ersten Frost in Bremen. Bitte weiter so.

Nothing wrong helping natural light a little with artifisual. Nice shots.

Thanks for this great and wonderful video, Andrew 👍👌. Greetings from Germany

This video was quite timely. I just purchased a Canon R5 and the 100mm macro lens. I'm planning to go out on Monday to take pictures and hope there will be plenty of frost and ice after this very cold weekend. I love seeing the examples of natural light compared to the external flash.

I use the Lume cube mini panel and panel Go for some macro - e.g. mushrooms! I'll try this winter for these types of shots! I'm not the best flash user!!

Really enjoyed this. I was recently taking similar shots with my 580EX ii and the Popeshield. Will try some shots off camera next time using the Godox X Pro and receiver (if I get them for Christmas)

Mission accomplished, nice job. If you’d stayed out much longer you could’ve gotten some excellent shots of frost bitten fingers. I have a pair of gloves with the functional fingers cut out just for these outings.

Great video Andrew 👏, it shows me where I went wrong this week 😂, and I was thinking it was because the leaves had too much frost. All gone now but plenty of rain, hopefully try again in the new year with flash in hand.

super tuto. perhaps magmod snoot, sphere, grid would help too ? should a lighter V1 be used instead ?

looks out the window at - 20c .....-7c so warm :D

A lucid, inspiring tutorial. Thank you. One question: Would a steady light source -- from a flashlight, for example -- work as well as a flash?

Lovely clip and photos! Would you share the setting of the flash? Fully TTL or manual setting? Appreciated!❤

I'd like to try macro with off-camera (remote) flash, as you've brilliantly demonstrated. I suppose that I should be shooting in "Live view", manual mode and manual focus. I also suppose that I should shoot with perhaps a two second timer, so as not to move the camera pressing the shutter. SO - did I get all of that correct? Many thanks!

Just what you need when you're trying to concentrate a wretched dog off the lead. Dogs should be under control preferably on a lead

Great video, can I ask what flash you are using ?

Love this video you need Vallerrret gloves they a so good to wear

Great video. Are you using any sort of a diffuser on the end of your flash?

Hi Andrew, I really like your work and it's a pleasure to see your videos. You are a great teacher! I have the canon 90d and the canon 100mm macro, the non is version. I have been strugling with light and in need of a good flash for macro. Witch flash do you use? You dont use a diffuser? Thank you!

The photos are so beautiful because they're so simple. I use this principle in life as many times as I can. I have a question: I didn't see any kind of diffusion layer on the flash. Yes, the shadows are harsh, but the light it doesn't look so harsh. Why is that? I use speedlights and without diffusion the shots don't look nice at all

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What scenarios do you think you would need to aff a macro difusser??

I don’t know where you live but here in Somerset we didn’t really get any good frosts this last year😭

Love the video! Are the photos you show after you take the shot straight from the camera or do you post process them first? Are the photos you show raw unprocessed or jpeg?

Would I be able to create these same effects with a Lume cube or other panel lighting? I do love your videos...I've learned a lot!

Do cameras normally account for the flash during the liveview? I am trying to do research before getting my first flash.

Great video Andrew. Do you change your white balance each time you go over to flash ?

Hi Andrew, Can I ask what tripod you used please?

Nice video interesting subject. Did you use manual flash or TTLas you seemed to get the right exposure very fast ?.

I enjoyed your images and techniques. But I didn't hear you discuss the settings, particularly power of your flash.

Great video. Thanks for making it and sharing your pain. Hope you warmed up soon. Question...what diffuser did you have on the flash?

R6ii vs R5 for macro photography

You need to get yourself some touchscreen gloves. :) It's currently -13C here but it's sunny out and not windy so I was out in just a sweatshirt shoveling the driveway and was over heating.

Do you just use TTL or do you set the flash manually?

Wow Andrew, such a great idea with the flash! But seriously, -7°C too cold? Try working your camera at -17°C or maybe -27°C, you’ll develop a new relationship with frozen fingers! Cheers, Jeff Straw, Calgary, Canada.

What is your flash set up?

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