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Understanding Off-Camera Flash 

Capturing The Machine
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#tutorial #photography #flash
I recently explained the principles of using off-camera flash in my interiors video. It was a tutorial within a tutorial, and even though I shot some images in order to demonstrate what I was explaining, it wasn’t nearly as thorough as I wanted it to be.
So I’ve gone and shot some more, and I tried to be more scientific about it to help you visualize the differences in camera settings and power output and flash position, so you can see how this works.
I learned what I know through the photographer David Hobby from his website Strobist - I definitely recommend him if you want some further reading. Once this stuff clicked for me, it totally changed the way I look at photography. strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03...
For simplicity, we aren’t talking about how to compose a shot, or how to light a car, or how to use light modifiers, we’re just focusing on the camera and flash settings, and how they affect your image.
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Комментарии : 82   
@abdallah_m
@abdallah_m 6 месяцев назад
Your channel is quickly becoming the best for these kinds of educational videos. This video as well as "using CPL filter" are my favorites so far, thank you!
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Wow, thanks! The CPL video was challenging to make so it's great to hear that. 😄
@zeinjaber6923
@zeinjaber6923 6 месяцев назад
I don’t understand how this channel hasn’t blown up. Your videos are a fantastic blend of information, creativity and just straight up clean content. Keep it up dude!!
@klintonkacatin
@klintonkacatin 6 месяцев назад
Bro the algorithm chooses. Plus most people want flash. This has information so not sexy
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
thanks so much, I appreciate it!
@SebastianAndreiIordache94
@SebastianAndreiIordache94 6 месяцев назад
lemme hit like before watching the video because you're a guarantee of a good lesson
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
thank you! 😅
@derkritiker7598
@derkritiker7598 6 месяцев назад
I just started with car photography as a hobby. In my opinion, your videos are the best
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Wow, thanks so much!
@saltsyn
@saltsyn 6 месяцев назад
best facts, best voice speed, thanks a lot. I usually use your videos as correction to my ongoing vision and i always get some non-obvious facts
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
So nice of you, I really appreciate this
@unlearningcommunism4742
@unlearningcommunism4742 6 месяцев назад
You deserve to have at least 50x more subs
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Appreciate that!
@LiamSmell
@LiamSmell 6 месяцев назад
You are one of two photographers (the other being Simon D’entremont) that make just perfectly executed informative videos about photography. I connect with yours a bit more though since I mainly photograph cars. You definitely deserve more subscribers.
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Wow, thank you! I will check out Simon's work 👍
@JustinBerke
@JustinBerke 5 месяцев назад
Bro, these are spectacular lessons. Absolute king.
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 5 месяцев назад
wow, I appreciate it!
@weementaldavy5987
@weementaldavy5987 6 месяцев назад
Thanks for this excellent video which by far is the best i've ever seen and impossible to improve by anyone . 👍
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Wow, thanks!
@dsv
@dsv 6 месяцев назад
thank you for those tips. I will definitely try them out with my camera and flash :)
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
excellent!
@tomzphone
@tomzphone 6 месяцев назад
I have seen many videos talking about the relationship of ISO, aperture and shutter speed but this is one of the best and easiest to understand.
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
amazing to hear this, glad it helps!
@YellowDieselGolf
@YellowDieselGolf 6 месяцев назад
I thought I already had a good understanding but you've blown my mind with lots of new ideas. Thank you.
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Great to hear this, thank you!
@ardeesnapper
@ardeesnapper 6 месяцев назад
That's a great video, the function is explained clearly. Thanks for sharing
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Glad it was helpful!
@danielz8186
@danielz8186 20 дней назад
My goodness!! 2:27 You really put in the work to show the differences!! I really appreciate you sir 🥹
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 10 дней назад
I appreciate the recognition 😄😄😄 thank you for watching!
@STEVERAYSTUDIO
@STEVERAYSTUDIO 5 месяцев назад
Dude.... i needed this video. Thank you so much for posting this
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 5 месяцев назад
Glad I could help!
@michaeltulloch2315
@michaeltulloch2315 6 месяцев назад
thank you for sharing. you’re content is extremely helpful, as i’m a photographer working with some awesome cars everyday. you teach me a lot, and i know it takes time to make these videos so thank you!
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Happy to help, thanks so much!
@itsresurge7683
@itsresurge7683 6 месяцев назад
sorry to ask but how did you get into car photography? i lost focus of my goals last year and lost a couple potential clients due to my own laziness but i aim to push myself this year and actually pursue my dream of photographing cars for a living. my issue that i am not sure exactly where to begin. i plan to try and attend car meets as well as my get license so that it is easier to travel as well as practise taking shots with my own vehicle, as well as find photo locations.
@psubst9054
@psubst9054 5 месяцев назад
Awesome chanel! Thanks for tutorials and your time!
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 5 месяцев назад
thanks so much!
@mikemcnelly2780
@mikemcnelly2780 6 месяцев назад
Another great video! Looks like a ton of work went into make this one, well done. Thanks for sharing this with the community!
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Much appreciated!
@jeffmichaels2672
@jeffmichaels2672 6 месяцев назад
Epic explanation…..nice work 🙌
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Thanks a lot! 😊
@9vor11
@9vor11 6 месяцев назад
Great Video Kevin 🙏🏻
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Thank you 🙌
@VIJAYSANKAR
@VIJAYSANKAR 6 месяцев назад
Very scientific! 👏🏼
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
thanks! 😄
@deep2048
@deep2048 5 месяцев назад
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping the community to learn the process each 'stop' at a time.
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 5 месяцев назад
thank you, my pleasure!
@prosunsport1
@prosunsport1 6 месяцев назад
Well presented
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Thank you! 🙂
@pathfindercod4638
@pathfindercod4638 6 месяцев назад
Outstanding video, thank you!
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
@MrEvoToYou
@MrEvoToYou 6 месяцев назад
I learned so much from this video! Too bad I don't even own a flash! 😅
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
thank you! Shooting car exteriors with flash is not my favorite to be honest, I think it's nice to know and helpful at times, but good natural light will always be my fav 😁
@_mannyponce
@_mannyponce 6 месяцев назад
very helpful. Thank you!
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
my pleasure, thanks!
@TheAntast
@TheAntast 3 месяца назад
thank you!!!!!!
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 3 месяца назад
You're welcome!
@tofu042
@tofu042 5 месяцев назад
chapeau for the Radiohead nod
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 5 месяцев назад
😄😄😄
@nicolelongneckergallery
@nicolelongneckergallery 6 месяцев назад
Really good tips.
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
thank you!
@Michaelajacksonfilms
@Michaelajacksonfilms 5 месяцев назад
Thank you
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 5 месяцев назад
thanks for watching!
@TimFilmsCars
@TimFilmsCars 6 месяцев назад
Timely as usual, I've had an AD400Pro in my cart for a few days. Nice video, thanks!
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Thank you! I have a couple AD200s, but have not tried the AD400Pro
@zakariya6269
@zakariya6269 6 месяцев назад
🔥🔥🔥
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
🙌
@JohnnyWooh
@JohnnyWooh 6 месяцев назад
This might just make me pick up my old 500D and Speedlite 430 again 😂
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
hell yes!
@heymikeriley
@heymikeriley Месяц назад
Going to try some flash stuff this weekend! Do you ever use continuous light for cars? I guess during daylight you’d need the power of a flash? If you were shooting in dark light and wanted to brighten something up, would continuous or light bars be of use?
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine Месяц назад
I have an old video about shooting with continuous lights, it's kind of weirdly specific 😆 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CeQLIQtNEhI.html The lights come a long way, but a flash just offers so much more power than any continuous light (this side of a Hollywood production). In daylight, flash lets you shoot against the sun, using a flash as a full light to balance the part of the car in shadow. Flash also can help make a car pop on a cloudy day. There might be more, but I think there are two main kinds of continuous lights for photography: Projector-type Continuous lights (like Aperture/Amaran), which are great for video, and lightwand/LED stick type lights. Continuous lights are mostly good for indoor and/or if it’s very dark. Lightwands/LED sticks can be bright, but they don’t put out a ton of light, so they’re best for lightpainting (which I’ll have a video about soon). Projector-type Continuous lights (like Aperture/Amaran) are great, but are power hungry, so once again, you need to be indoors or close to an electrical outlet. But a nice thing is that you can see and shape the light in real time, so you aren't guessing and doing trial and error light you would with a flash or light painting. Not sure if any of this helps 😅
@devin_chen
@devin_chen 6 месяцев назад
I think I need a Porsche to learn this better
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
😁😆
@matepancel8300
@matepancel8300 6 месяцев назад
Really good video!!! How esle would you use off camera flash in car photography? (other than interior) Im thinking about doing some kind of light painting with it as my light bar isnt powerful enough to do it well enough
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
thanks! You can use the flash (like lightpainting as you said) to strobe different sections of the car, and then composite them together in PS. It's also really great for shooting portraits of people in/around cars. You can also shoot a car into a sunset and use a light to add fill to the shadows.
@eelco6587
@eelco6587 6 месяцев назад
Thanks for the interesting video! I am looking for ways to improve my car photo's with lighting. Because I also make video's constant light would be more logical for me. Do you also have experience with constant light for car photography/video?
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Yes, that's a good question, I use Amaran 200 lights for filming myself for these videos, and sometimes bring them to locations for video stuff. The constant light Amarans are amazing, but they're also more of a hassle - they're bigger, and they require AC power or a generator. If you're in a studio or a location where you have access to power and can take your time, it will work, but you don't have the flexibility of just being able to set up anywhere. (I used them for photos in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CeQLIQtNEhI.html) It sucks having to get two sets of lighting kits, (I had to upgrade all this stuff ~2 years ago), but right now a photo flash is still the best for still photos. The portability, power, and battery tech has changed so much in the last 10-15 years, making it cheaper and way more usable. You can at least make sure your light modifiers use the same mount (Bowens, in the case of Amazon) so you can reuse the same softboxes between video and photo lights.
@IgorHorvat
@IgorHorvat 6 месяцев назад
Great video, as always! One question tho' - how would you light a black car?
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
Thank you! I avoid it if at all possible 😅 I once had to light some black vehicles in a photo studio. It wasn't really a car studio, so it had white walls, but no overhead softbox. I pointed the lights at the walls, and that reflected white wall created nice highlights around the car, and that was the only way to get good results. In the real world I would try something similar - rely on the reflections rather than pointing lights at the car.
@IgorHorvat
@IgorHorvat 6 месяцев назад
@@capturingthemachine Thanks! I also thought that lighting a black car is basically drawing reflections, and not really lighting 😆
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
@@IgorHorvat well put!
@CEEPMDEE
@CEEPMDEE 6 месяцев назад
What a shame.. I have a 993, camera gear and have not took time to photograph my car yet.
@capturingthemachine
@capturingthemachine 6 месяцев назад
993s are fantastic to photograph, good luck!
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