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Thanks, That was amazing! Thank you for taking the time to make this!

Your flash godox v1?

From this review it sounds like it more the user than it is the flash itself. You didn't take the time to read the manual and you couldn't grasp the concept of the buttons and the scroll wheel, how is that Godox fault? I love my Godox V1s and Godox X2Ts. Been using it for a year now along with my Godox ad200 and have had zero issue with it.

Hi Luke! I bought this light to try. I’m curious if it’s possible to have a battery pack for it. Do you have one? Have you needed one ever?

Great video! the 85 1.8 is a great lens! is very underestimated while many would choose the f/1.4, just because it is a 1.4... great optics, great image quality... feels bulkier because the adapter but think that the F mount body is bigger. I even use the FTZ with old manual focus lenses when I don't mount them in my FM2n, just for fun and some fancy images for certain customers. Now just acquired the 35-150mm f2/2.8 for weddings seems it will do good, but for events not so sure... yet.

The motion blur photos is me having it in auto 😂

I like using wide angle lenses in weddings, but only if it a nice venue.

not impressed with images ......

I'm kind of divided over trends within wedding photography. I get that using a bold style can make your images stand out. Much of these styles give a very amateurish look like the photographer didn't do it deliberately but just flat out got it wrong and used that as their artistic style. I'm talking to you " Dutch Angle " 😁 Wedding photos are lifetime images, having a very trend driven stylistic approach will look very dated when viewed many years later. Let's not forget that the way weddings were shot in the 60's and 70's were of their time. That is to say it wasn't a deliberate choice to have straight " on camera " flash, it was all they had. The film trend I do find interesting. I shoot both 35mm and 120 film but have never shot an important event with it. I think there is a market for it however but a high level of competency is required from the photographer. I have a photographer friend who used to shoot ( film ) weddings in the 80's/90's who was always so nervous the day before he shot a wedding he was physically sick. It's stressful enough shooting a digital wedding but film takes it to a whole new level! 😲

Luke, I wonder how many of these trends is due to new photographers who are learning how to shot, there for reproducing lower quality images (overexposed, tilt and blur)!?🤔 Drone shots are cool, though. Certainly adds different perspective.

My 35mm has not left my R6 in months haha so I can see that being the case

Love these ideas! Not all cameras have interval timer shooting unfortunately. The good news is you can buy an intervalometer. Just have to double-check that it’s compatible with your camera brand and camera model. Another twist is you could get a magic arm and super clamp to put your camera in places where a tripod wouldn’t work. I’ve seen sports photographers and concert photographers put their cameras up in the ceilings of stadiums. I saw a cool RUclips video of Larry Chen, a car racing photographer, where he mounted his cameras onto wired fences to get higher angles on cars. For a drifting race in Long Beach. You could also use camera apps for live view, changing settings and remote shooting. Your video is sparking a lot of ideas! 🤯

For sure on the wider lenses! 50mm was super popular 2022-2023 now it feels like everyone uses 35mm prime

This is amazing info. You're awesome my guy 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽

I started last year using more constant light. That's becoming more popular. I use the 2 and 4 ft light sabers. I can have my assistant hold up the 4 ft and angle it perfectly for cutting the cake for example Looks like I used an umbrella strobe lighting set up. And done so quickly. I also bought the new Hobolite. Mini Max 40 watt. Looks like the old Hasselblad camera. I can then hand hold it off to the side. It's great to shoot direct flash but I like the off camera version of that. More shadows and you can control where, how much and more depth to your photos. Problem with off camera flash you lose the photo assist so you get more out of focus images. But with the Hobolite constant light you see what you get and no problems with focus on the dance floor, night outdoor photos. You can can zoom in or I just add the fresnel filter from Profoto onto it. Works better than a grid over your flash. Just another way to add flash with a different look!!!

Great video mate

Every photo is crooked on Instagram and I dislike it a lot.

Nice video! I think boho style colour grading is another trend. But I think, then these pictures aren't timeless anymore. In 10 or 20 years you can say: "Ah, this was shot in the boho style period.".

Great video! I wish you show more of your beautiful pictures while you are talking. We are visual wedding photographers. LOL

I am shooting with 16-35 2.8 GM II and 50 1.2. These lenses are perfect for my wedding practice. Especially the 16-35, this lens is a beast.

Voy a usar esa idea pronto.

Have you been working out, Luke? Just kidding. You should see me! Your shirt would be XXL for me! (little humor that's all). Love your channel

So positive.

I love primes of course, but the Canon 28-70 2.0L comes the closest for a Zoom, which is great because its still consistent for the look I get with my other Primes. I use the 28-70 for Ceremony or situations where I can't predict everything, and the 50mm 1.2 for all the areas I can preduct or move around, such as Prep, Details and the Bride and Groom session

I would love to see your printing process

Thank you so much for telling about advertising and showing your works (or unwillingnes to do it)! It is so good to know that this part of the work is common for many of us..

Consistently the most useful and informative videos on RUclips for wedding photographers, thank you!

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As a primarily Leica M shooter that uses a bigger camera only for macro/studio flash stuff, it is actually incomprehensible to me that someone would call the 50/1.8S "large", "toy like", etc. You wedding folks are truly built different I guess. BTW the 1.8S is the higher resolution lens, but the f1.2 is nearly apochromatic and there's some effect on the perceived clarity/color from that. If you ever get a chance and haven't played with one, Voigtlander makes a Z mount 50mm APO that's worth checking out for non-moving stuff. That lens really puts a fine point on the value of color correction in the lens to the feel of the image even at sizes where resolution is largely irrelevant.

When using the interval timer, do you use autofocus or set it to manual? I feel like sometimes the af might latch onto something you don't want and you can't be there to correct it.

I prefer working on my own, and I really liked the idea of shooting a timelapse con my b camera, def will try it next wedding

It sounds like they're not holding up as well for photographers who use them professionally and heavily. It sounds like they're really made for the average photographer. I'm basing this on a lot of people comparing these with beginner type of other flash units. Is that a fair take-away?

Guess I'm just lucky. I've had no mechanical issues and the interface works just fine on my V1. I just got the V100 and I am enjoying it immensely.

I shot a birthday party yesterday with the Godox in TTL, and some photos were over-exposed, and some the camera chose to shoot at ... 64000 ISO (!) Too much grain ... next time I"m switching to full manual mode on both the camera and the flash. Cannot trust the auto settings! That 1/6 sec shutter speed trick would have been nice to try on the dance floor - the restaurant was super dark, and to make things more interesting for this photographer --- the ceiling was BLACK ;)

Question: is there a flash with a less complicated interface and button setup?

This is satisfying.

I shoot a full wedding with only Fujifilm XT2 and XF35mm1.4. The wedding was of two wedding photographers getting married.

Great Video

Hi ! I have a question , when you crop the photos does they loose quality ? I use a Z5 and I’m looking to upgrade to the Z6II but I don’t want to have the same problem that I have with my Z5 😂

I had a couple get so drunk that I was staying later to capture the after party and the bride didn't come down until 5 minutes before I left and when she got down there she said she didn't want to have any more photos taken. Tough because they paid me extra to stay later but you can only do what you can do! Great vid Luke!

If they’re drunk, then I’d take drunk photos. 😂

Quick Q - how do you justify the Netflix/Spotify in the research category? Would love to write that off for sure but not sure how that works. Also just a note that not everyone has an Apple device for their biz so maybe you could offer a .xls file format option?

Best to get drunk too ?

What drone do you use? There’s so many options!!

Haha depends on the couple. Some would really appreciate the lost memories. 😂

Thank the lord you got a deposit LOL ?

Einfach das Elend für die Nachkommen fotografieren... ;-)))

Love , love, love.