So I only really use it on a night for the dance floor, or if I get fancy and do some couple portraits with off camera on an evening, so from bout 7.30pm until 10/11 is usually all flash. I also charge my batteries at the venue just in case haha!
Do you only use continuous af mode with flash for reception? I have the hardest time locking in focus at receptions so then even with flash the subjects are soft or blurry
I try to use centre point focusing where I can do I select what it is focusing on before I hit the shutter I have a quick video on shutter drag if that helps ruclips.net/video/OHvsmAykgGs/видео.html
ETTL: exposure through the lens. Another tip for you and it comes from doing street photography. Do a zone focus. If you're at f/6.3 to f/8 you can prefocus at something close up in good light. Then switch the lens to manual focus. Then change your settings for the exposure on the dance floor. Anybody within that zone will be in focus. A lot of cameras can't focus well in low light so have the camera focused on something fairly close. You can focus on the floor in front of you or a wall nearby. Just be careful not to bump the focus ring on the lens.
This is actually really great advice. I’ve actually done this when I had my mkiv, but I’ve never tried it with street photography, never thought to apply it, I’ll have to give it a try! Thank you for the tip!
@@ThatGingerPhotographer if you're at f/8 and you only need to be able to focus on someone about 10 feet or more away just focus on the ground in front of you while you're walking along the sidewalk. If you're using a wide angle lens you'll have a larger depth of field anyway. You won't even have to pit the camera up to your eye.
@@carlmcneill1139 this sounds great, this is one of the things I struggle with - being self conscious when photographing street 😂 so not lifting the camera up will be great!
@@ThatGingerPhotographer some photographers use a neck strap with a small Fugi camera but have the camera fairly high on their chest. They just walk around with their finger on the shutter button and take shots as they walk around. You get a little lower perspective that way too. And no one knows you're taking their picture. If your camera has silent mode that's a plus.
@@deemcevoy356 heyyy thanks so much that’s amazing! So for Two seconds, as a starting point I’d up my ISO to 2000 and open my aperture to f2, that’s only if you don’t want to adjust the power of the flash though. F2 might be a little shallow depth of field for me, so I’d go 2 seconds, F4-5.6 and then ISO 2000 roughly, but I’d up my power on my flash until it looked good. I hope this helps!!
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Absolutely loved this video…I learnt so much about flash in such a short space of time…new subscriber also :)
Ahhhh man!! Thank you so much, that means a lot!!
@@ThatGingerPhotographer you're most welcome, what's your social media platforms, would love to follow and check out your style at weddings
Thanks for this. I'm photographing a wedding today and you've inspired me.
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Thanks for this. I've always had issues with flash units at weddings? How many flash shots would you normally take?
So I only really use it on a night for the dance floor, or if I get fancy and do some couple portraits with off camera on an evening, so from bout 7.30pm until 10/11 is usually all flash. I also charge my batteries at the venue just in case haha!
Do you only use continuous af mode with flash for reception? I have the hardest time locking in focus at receptions so then even with flash the subjects are soft or blurry
I try to use centre point focusing where I can do I select what it is focusing on before I hit the shutter
I have a quick video on shutter drag if that helps
ruclips.net/video/OHvsmAykgGs/видео.html
@@ThatGingerPhotographer but do you use auto focus for still objects or moving? For Nikon it's either af-s or af-c
@@brittanybrantley3218 ah yeah it’s auto, so once I lock onto someone it tracks them even when I’m moving or they are.
Love this video and love your presentation style, new subscriber here. Brilliant stuff :-)
Ah man that means a lot! Thank you so much!
ETTL: exposure through the lens.
Another tip for you and it comes from doing street photography. Do a zone focus. If you're at f/6.3 to f/8 you can prefocus at something close up in good light. Then switch the lens to manual focus. Then change your settings for the exposure on the dance floor. Anybody within that zone will be in focus. A lot of cameras can't focus well in low light so have the camera focused on something fairly close. You can focus on the floor in front of you or a wall nearby. Just be careful not to bump the focus ring on the lens.
This is actually really great advice. I’ve actually done this when I had my mkiv, but I’ve never tried it with street photography, never thought to apply it, I’ll have to give it a try! Thank you for the tip!
@@ThatGingerPhotographer if you're at f/8 and you only need to be able to focus on someone about 10 feet or more away just focus on the ground in front of you while you're walking along the sidewalk. If you're using a wide angle lens you'll have a larger depth of field anyway. You won't even have to pit the camera up to your eye.
@@carlmcneill1139 this sounds great, this is one of the things I struggle with - being self conscious when photographing street 😂 so not lifting the camera up will be great!
@@ThatGingerPhotographer some photographers use a neck strap with a small Fugi camera but have the camera fairly high on their chest. They just walk around with their finger on the shutter button and take shots as they walk around. You get a little lower perspective that way too. And no one knows you're taking their picture. If your camera has silent mode that's a plus.
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@@deemcevoy356 heyyy thanks so much that’s amazing!
So for Two seconds, as a starting point I’d up my ISO to 2000 and open my aperture to f2, that’s only if you don’t want to adjust the power of the flash though.
F2 might be a little shallow depth of field for me, so I’d go 2 seconds, F4-5.6 and then ISO 2000 roughly, but I’d up my power on my flash until it looked good.
I hope this helps!!
What is the flash strength?
Hiya! It is 1/64. This is partly to make the batteries last longer too! x
FLASH! ARGHHHHH