Fantastic lesson. Just amazing to watch, listen and learn with you Richard. So much effort has gone in to creating that lesson it's astounding. Is there not a way through google play as a patreon that we can support you on a regular basis as a way of appreciation and thanks for your efforts? 🙂
Your support is very much appreciated my friend. I do have options for payments on my website for those who feel inspired to do so. Also in the description of my later videos. www.nightscapeimages.com.au/workshops.html
Thank you Richard. I'm sure I'm going to have to watch this video a few times to have it all sink in. At 75 it takes longer than it used to. Just tons of great information . Thanks so much for sharing your valuable nightscape expertise. 🙏
Wow, thanks Richard. I really appreciate the information. With summer approaching will have to try and drag my daughter out one more time. She's in college now and time is slipping away.
Great video, Richard, love the clear explanation of lighting technique - you have been busy. Thank you I am enjoying the videos and hope all is OK with you and the family.
You've truly inspired me for months, as I've studied and learned your nightscape techniques and tricks. I have gotten out twice recently and have produced some spectacular images, with your guidance, for a beginner. A new passion and motivation that I hope to take to the grave..... I hope my small gift treats you well and look forward to seeing more of your work. ~Roger P
Great images Richard and thank you for sharing, I just bought a flash 1 week before we went to stage 3 lock down, so your video is going to prepare me when we can get out again. Your last image gives so much scale to that old tree.
Brilliant! Your explanations were very well presented and made easy enough for folk to understand and put this method of photography into use. I will be giving this a try very soon, thank you Richard for sharing these tips with us 😁👍
Great content as always Richard I particularly liked the images towards the end as they looked more natural to me. There’s a fine balance to this getting that lighting correct and you’ve obviously had heaps of experience doing that thanks for a thorough explanation Richard.
Thanks for very useful tutorial again. If you can also do the decdicated "Bokeh star with any interesting subject" tutorial. I would love to learn that. Cheers
An absolute masterclass, as always. I'm just digging out my old flashes to see if they still work....then I'll have a go. Thanks, as always, for your superb content and teaching. I don't have a willing model, and I'm no oil painting, so I think I will have to practice on some gravestones in the churchyard. Wish me luck!!
As usual a great video Richard. Very informative and helpful. I'd love to go out and shoot with you although I'd have to say that those bugs would drive me nuts. 5 🌟's
Awesome vid!! I dont know if anyone has mentioned it but Powerex rechargeable are very good. Charge is great and if they sit for a while, they are still good to go. I have Yongnuo flashes and works very well.
Great videos Richard, really helpful and to the point. I'm still torn about the best way to light models infront of the Milky Way but have a shoot in the coming days and plan to follow your advice. Sharpness of subjects is paramount to this project.
My god, those clouds of insects is completely insane 😱 This was a great tutorial Richard. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙂 And that last image,,, man what a fair dinkum amazing work of art. In my opinion your best image 👏👏
Uau!! Your work is breathtaking, congratulations!! 🤩👏👏👏 Do you have self portrait video with Star Trails? I think it's fantastic too and here in Brazil there is no tutorial or anything in this style of night photography lol
Thanks so much for watching Rod. I don't have a specific video on self portrait with star trails. This would obviously have to be composited in. See this video. ruclips.net/video/cS3UE3XBWMw/видео.html
Hi Richard I live in the UK and I have just come across your channel. I just love your enthusiasm for your craft, your not just a photographer you are an artist in my eyes and very inspiring, I just want to get our Covid lockdown out the way and have a go at some nightscaping. I have a question please can you tell me which compass app you use. Regards Kevin
great video! may I ask how you determine the power of flash so that you dont have to shoot several shots to try? u need to go back to camera a couple of times
Thanks for watching. To be honest it can be trial and error as there are a few factors that go into it. To be honest you usually don't need much power when doing these shots at higher iso's.
Hi, love your videos, keep it up mate! You mentioned going thru a lot of AA batteries with your flashlights, have you tried Eneloops. Expecially the black ones, eneloop pro, they are awesome, lot of power and once charged they hold charge for months. Expensive, a bit, but they pay themselves off with their power and features. Cheers mate. P.S. any location near Brisbane that you can recommend for nightscapes?
I’m looking forward to trying this again, I had some issues with perhaps too much ambient light and the image of the subject (me) still ended up being blurry with the rear curtain sync. Maybe I that I just can’t keep still long enough, or maybe my settings were off... I also learned that manually triggering the flash at any other time during the exposure causes a ghost-like transparency to the subject, especially if that subject moves during the exposure - I was trying a photograph a horse under the stars with flash and she wouldn’t hold still long enough! 😁 Another excellent video - thanks!
Thanks again for watching. Yes any ambient light will make flash photography quite difficult because you'll see ghosting as you say. It's hard to get it right but worth the effort when you do.
Another nice video! Do you have the flashes at full power? Also do you leave the video light on when your shooting and how did you setup for the shots when your pointing a flashlight into the sky?
Thanks for watching George. No I have the flashes at about 10% power depending on distance. Remember the iso is very high so not a lot of light is required. I turn off the video lights when actually shooting. The settings were exactly the same for the flashlight shots. You just have to stand very still.
Another very nice video! in the first shot you look very close to the camera, did you focus on the rocks or always on infinity to have everything sharp in focus? i'll try this next weeks :-)
When you have people in your shots, you always focus on them .. especially when close to the camera. People will forgive a soft focus on stars but not on the people in the frame.
Love a your videos man, when you pressed the trigger, I was really hoping to see the actual footage of when the flashes fire, you said that you have it flash at the end of the shot, I wanted to actually see that process actually happen, but great video nonetheless
Thanks a lot for watching my friend. Unfortunately it would not have looked very impressive at all. Everything is just black on the video camera without the flood lights.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Hay man thanks for getting back, please don't take anything I said in a negative way, your the only photographer I like watching on RUclips, stay awesome sir and stay safe
Ahhhhh....super, thanks Richard. Now I understand how you get the flashes to work. I need to get another set of the 603's for it to sync correctly. I also hope I can figure out how to make the Canon Rear Curtain work correctly...It seems that when you place the 603 in the Hot Shoe the Rear Curtain Sync option goes away. Maybe I need the other set of 603's first... I have a question about the WB settings you talked about. You said to use the Daylight setting when using the flash. Do you then shoot the entire scene (background, sky, lightpainting and selfie) in Daylight mode or do you shoot the background stuff in a custom mode (3900K) and only the selfie in Daylight mode? You live in a lovely part of Oz... In 1991 I spent about 6 mos. doing the "Lap" around Oz on a 58 Domi 99, what an effing adventure... Thanks again for this, Take care and see ya next week.
Thanks heaps Rick. It's a problem with some Canon cameras that they don't do rear curtain sync with non genuine flashes attached. A few people have told me that Godox triggers have the ability to overcome this with Canons. From my understanding the Yongnuo flash triggers won't let the Canon select Rear Curtain Flash. For the first images I shot these as single shots, for the last group these are multiple layed shots and so I can change the white balance between them if I need to.
You never cease to amaze me!!! Great job! By the way, have you tried "Arsenal - The Intelligent Camera Assistant"? It seems like a promising tool to help you while shooting alone.
@@nightscapeimages.richard I am waiting to get a Sony A6600 before I can really get into nightscape photography since my old Canon 550D is too outdated and about to expire. Hehe. In the mean time, I am learning, studying, and researching so I too can be creative. Thank you, Richard!
Hi Rozz, I have seen all the advertising for Arsenal and personaly don't see the need for it. It seems to be a remote operating via smartphone. Well, there are numerous apps that do the same but are much cheaper. I personally use dslrdashboard, a great app. It uses wifi but many cameras today have this. In the past with my nikon d600 I used a small wifi router to connect the camera. The app can set almost all parameters in the camera, does live view with various backgrounds eg zebra, peaking, mono. It does focus stacking nicely and has a terrific module for day-night timelapse. Cost : ca 10€. Hope this helps
@@dhg1960 Thanks for the suggestions, David. I will take that into consideration. Since my 550D is about to expire, I have already given away the Canon lenses and camera accessories to my nephew who purchased Canon 750D last year. I am starting anew with Sony A6600 as oppose to the full frame A7 series because it is more within my budget as a hobbyist. Hehe
Hi Richard, Another terrific vid. This must be the first one on YT covering this topic, so it was very interesting. I too have a lot of Godox gear - really good quality and reliable. What I really love, you can mix it all up, from the small system falshes to big studio flashes, it's all compatible. I noted your dislike of AA batteries. I too had this problem, it was costing a fortune in duracells. I tried rechargable ones, they only lasted a few charges and if left standing lost their charge quickly. The solution : Eneloop batteries. They are a bit more expensive, they last for ages, they hold their charge for a long time, now I only use these. In the video there was one point that for me was missing - the setup of flash output. Do you meter each flash or is it just trial and error ( although you probably know you need a certain distance at a certain output to give say f4 ). It would be interesting to know how one can best do this. The pics were all great, particularly the one with the big tree. But I did notice something in most of them, the sky was always a muddy yellow. Now I know this is because it is one exposure and you set WB for the flash, but would you consider duplicating the pic, set WB for the sky in one, and then stacking with masks so the sky was more blue ? I'd really like to know your thoughts on this. By the way, your shots of orion were great. It's my favourite constellation, it was weird seeing it upsidedown ! And your pics show it with so many stars - your night sky must be awesome.
Thanks so much for your detailed insights David. I have a few Eneloop batteries but I really like the larger rechargeable Godox ones. There are a few Yongnuo rechargeable flashes these days also. Yes you are correct about the muddy yellow sky, that's because of white balance which I mentioned in the video. The later images were indeed stacked and blended and you'll notice much more detail and colour in those .. particularly at 35mm focal length. As well as that the sky was a particular dirty yellow colour facing east this night. I don't typically meter the flashes . I use trial and error. There is so much going on out there in the dark it's very difficult to use traditional studio techniques. I find it a simple repeatable process when you've done it a few times with the same gear. Thanks again for watching.
Hey Richard, been loving your workshops and hopefully will going out to test some your techniques. Regarding the flash power settings did you reduce it or did you keep it 100%
Outstanding. One question though, for a 15sec exposure you got the flashes firing off at the end. Do you however take the pose from the very beginning? Is there no ghosting by doing that. What speed do you fire the flashes at?
Thanks for watching Chetan. Yes I do hold the pose from the beginning. The flashes are firing at whatever intensity is required to get the shot without over exposing. At night this doesn't need a lot of flash power.
Fabulous. Using the yongnuo triggers looks great. So 2 triggers for 2 flashes, another 2 triggers on the camera and a 5th trigger in your hand? So a 3rd flash would need 6 triggers?
@@nightscapeimages.richard I’m having issues with my triggers, remote trigger to canon camera hot shoe mounted trigger is fine with the cable connected, but my 2 canon flashes mounted on top of another pair of remotes only fire the flash at the start of the exposure, even with the flashes set to rear sync(canon call it 2nd curtain sync), they still fire at the start. I’ve tried to set it up in camera functions but it won’t do it either as the remote on the hotshoe isn’t recognised by the camera and says the flash may be off. Very frustrating
Hello dear Sir,How are you and your sweet family? Dear sir again such an beautiful video loaded with such amazing information, always wondered how you achieve such magnificent and yet so subtle portairture,this is an truly worthy appriciaable hardwork of yours going out in such pandemic time to teach us the art of creating images like an artist who creates masterpiece memories.Dear sir in next video informative video can you teach us about rear curtain sync and how you set it up and the power used to achieve beauty portaiture and dear sir can tell us of achieving an single shot where milky way and portaiture is achieved in one go.Always you keep me eagerly waiting for your teaching video which teaches everyone and me something new always,please be safe along with your sweet family and be in safe health always.Cheers dear sir Buddha bless you and your sweet family always🙂❤❤❤
Hi Richard a problem how would you go taking the milky way with a light source in front of you eg a pier with lights on which would wash out the photo?? suggestions Love your videos
Thanks for watching Andrew. Unwanted ambient light is always a problem. To be honest I usually find a new location to shoot. There are way too many hoops to jump through when you can't control the light.
Thanks for watching. Typically I have them set quite low because I'm generally shooting at a highish iso level. It's a long time ago now but I'd estimate no greater than 1/8th power. Often the rear flash is even lower. Usually you'll have to do some testing to get a correct exposure in these extremely dark situations. Hope that's helpful.
@@ralphemerson_deperalta Good stuff Ralph. I've done quite a few wedding shots under the stars. Preparation is the key. Mostly for those I've used bare flash as I've been one my own.
Richard, how do you go about gaining access to all these properties? I encounter all sorts of issues where I am with bio security constraints limiting available locations.
Thanks for watching Marcus. This is a public lake but I do spend a lot of time driving around and talking with farmers and land owners. I talk a lot about this at 27.00 in this video. ruclips.net/video/CTlD3pSl1AA/видео.html
Yes that is exactly what I do. The intention is to "Stack" these together in software to remove the noise from the image. It works really well. I have a number of videos showing this technique. See here: ruclips.net/video/3uXHTmwcaFM/видео.html
Very interesting scenes. I love the self portraits & the beautiful finisher images, great tips & diagrams ❤👍🇮🇪
Thanks again Vivian
Okay those last shots were mind blowing. Thank you so much for the inspiration. Now I need to look up stacking 12 times..
Thanks a lot Robert. I have quite a few videos about stacking. See here: ruclips.net/video/3uXHTmwcaFM/видео.html
Knocked it out of the park. One of your best videos. Thank you.
Thanks a lot Mike, really appreciate your support.
Nice Richard, will have to give it a try.
Thanks for watching Paul
Well produced video with lots of information within it that will be helpful to many photographers. Thanks for taking the time to produce it.
Once again I'm very pleased you like the video Three-phase, thanks for watching.
Excellent, Richard. Thank you for sharing your techniques despite annoying heat and bugs. To me, it was an outstanding tutorial.
I really appreciate you watching my friend.
Yet another great Video Richard you set standards that others need to follow easy to follow and great topics of discussion
Very kind of you to say Chris, thanks as always for watching.
Great tutorial! I like the red jacket ones the most. They look fantastic!
Yes I prefer those as well. Thanks a lot.
love this. you really put a lot of effort into making this video
Thanks so much for watching. Yes I sure did put a lot of effort into this one . .glad you like it.
I absolutely love this video, Richard. You've outdone yourself and your explanations are beyond great
Thanks a lot Mike, really appreciate your comments again.
Again a very interesting video. Your tipps are highly appreciated, Richard! And to get this done even with these annoying insects - respect!
Thanks a lot for looking Jorn. They went away as it got later.
Fantastic lesson. Just amazing to watch, listen and learn with you Richard. So much effort has gone in to creating that lesson it's astounding.
Is there not a way through google play as a patreon that we can support you on a regular basis as a way of appreciation and thanks for your efforts? 🙂
Your support is very much appreciated my friend. I do have options for payments on my website for those who feel inspired to do so. Also in the description of my later videos. www.nightscapeimages.com.au/workshops.html
Thanks been think I g about getting a flask or 2
Great video
Good on you Phillip, they are good to play with, although a whole new learning curve.
What a fantastic video, you always learn so much from your video even if you dont own a flash there are still things to learn .All the best Phill
Thanks again Phill, always appreciate your comments.
Awesome. Can’t wait to try it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and inspiration.
Thanks so much Lonnie, really appreciate your comments.
Awesome photography Richard very well described...thank you...😊👍🏻
I appreciate you watching James, thanks for the comments.
Thanks so much Richard. Awesome as usual
Always appreciate you Robyn, thank you.
I love it. I've enjoyed a lot. The pictures... awesome as always.
Thanks very much for watching, I do appreciate that.
Thank you Richard. I'm sure I'm going to have to watch this video a few times to have it all sink in. At 75 it takes longer than it used to. Just tons of great information . Thanks so much for sharing your valuable nightscape expertise. 🙏
Thanks a lot Gordon, I really appreciate you tuning in my friend.
Wow, thanks Richard. I really appreciate the information. With summer approaching will have to try and drag my daughter out one more time. She's in college now and time is slipping away.
Thanks a lot David, yes it's never easy getting teenagers to do anything.
Love your work! I only wish I could take a workshop with you, except that we are half a world apart! Thanks so much!
Really appreciate you watching Steve, the world's getting smaller every day.
Great video, Richard, love the clear explanation of lighting technique - you have been busy. Thank you I am enjoying the videos and hope all is OK with you and the family.
Thanks so much Helen, yes no rest for me at the moment. Although this was recorded quite a while ago.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Thought so as it was quite warm and LOTS of biting bugs!
@@helenbrecknell3930 Yes they've been chasing me a lot this year Helen.
Excellent stuff Richard, very interesting video. Thanks.
I'm glad you like it, thanks heaps for watching.
Brilliant work mate, love the photos
Thanks a lot Brad, always appreciate your comments.
Very informative Richard. Thankyou.
Thanks Tony, appreciate you watching.
Thanks Richard, The image at 30:15 is my favourite. I am heading out tonight to give it a go
Good on you Pete, hope it goes well tonight.
You've truly inspired me for months, as I've studied and learned your nightscape techniques and tricks. I have gotten out twice recently and have produced some spectacular images, with your guidance, for a beginner. A new passion and motivation that I hope to take to the grave..... I hope my small gift treats you well and look forward to seeing more of your work. ~Roger P
Thanks so much Roger, I really do appreciate your support.
Great shots and info Richard !!!! Heading out tonight to get some Milky Way shot fingers crossed.
Good on you Jeff, hope it goes well.
Thank you, Richard. Interesting as always.
Thanks a lot for watching Robert
Hey boss, that shot near the end of the video was really awesome! I can't wait to try out the techniques I learned from you this weekend, cheers!
Thanks so much for watching Jason, glad it was helpful.
Great video Richard. Exploring new ideas and incorporating them later for professional work makes photographer stand out from others. Great shots!!!
I'm really pleased you like the video Milorad, thanks.
Amazing sir as usual.
I'm glad you like it my friend.
I have been waiting for this. Thanks for putting up with all the bugs in making this informative workshop together. Appreciate it, Richard.
I'm really pleased you like it Raymond.
Awesome... Keep inspiring and educating
Thanks very much for watching Santosh, really appreciate it.
Great images Richard and thank you for sharing, I just bought a flash 1 week before we went to stage 3 lock down, so your video is going to prepare me when we can get out again. Your last image gives so much scale to that old tree.
Thanks so much Brett, yes I love that old tree.
Awesome video Richard. Such a great tutorial. Well done on putting the video together
Thanks a lot Adrian, it was a challenge out there for this one. I'm just checking out your moon video as we speak.
Excellent tutorial Richard, I can't wait to get out to try some of the setups you demonstrated.
Thanks a lot Todd. I hope you have great success my friend.
Brilliant! Your explanations were very well presented and made easy enough for folk to understand and put this method of photography into use. I will be giving this a try very soon, thank you Richard for sharing these tips with us 😁👍
I really appreciate your comments Duncan. Thanks so much for watching my friend.
Great video..Cant wait this lockdown ends.so I can shot potraits with stars to my wife.
I'll be really interested to see how you go Luis, thanks for looking.
Awesome!
Thanks Todd, really appreciate you watching.
Great content as always Richard I particularly liked the images towards the end as they looked more natural to me. There’s a fine balance to this getting that lighting correct and you’ve obviously had heaps of experience doing that thanks for a thorough explanation Richard.
Thanks a lot Carl, really appreciate your insight as always.
Thanks for very useful tutorial again. If you can also do the decdicated "Bokeh star with any interesting subject" tutorial. I would love to learn that. Cheers
Very nice video!
Thanks a lot for watching Daniel
An absolute masterclass, as always. I'm just digging out my old flashes to see if they still work....then I'll have a go. Thanks, as always, for your superb content and teaching. I don't have a willing model, and I'm no oil painting, so I think I will have to practice on some gravestones in the churchyard. Wish me luck!!
Thanks a lot for watching Simon, at least you shouldn't get any talk back in the cemetery.
As usual a great video Richard. Very informative and helpful. I'd love to go out and shoot with you although I'd have to say that those bugs would drive me nuts. 5 🌟's
Yes the bugs drive me nuts also Ian, welcome to the Australian bush ...!!
Hi Richard, thanks for the tips, brilliantly explained as usual. please can you tell me what strength you have your flash on, thanks
It all depends on what you are shooting but generally for these types of shot about 1/16th to 1/8th power.
Awesome vid!! I dont know if anyone has mentioned it but Powerex rechargeable are very good. Charge is great and if they sit for a while, they are still good to go. I have Yongnuo flashes and works very well.
Thanks David, really appreciate that suggestion.
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Thanks a lot for watching Phil. Have a great new year.
Great videos Richard, really helpful and to the point. I'm still torn about the best way to light models infront of the Milky Way but have a shoot in the coming days and plan to follow your advice. Sharpness of subjects is paramount to this project.
It's never easy. I think trial and error with your system will be the best option.
You're a great model mate 😉
Well I'm glad you approve Sabrix, thanks for watching.
I wish I was there with you to help you take your photos and make you dinner :) great photo
My god, those clouds of insects is completely insane 😱
This was a great tutorial Richard. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙂
And that last image,,, man what a fair dinkum amazing work of art. In my opinion your best image 👏👏
Thanks so much for watching again Torbjorn. Your comments are always very appreciated.
Uau!! Your work is breathtaking, congratulations!! 🤩👏👏👏 Do you have self portrait video with Star Trails? I think it's fantastic too and here in Brazil there is no tutorial or anything in this style of night photography lol
Thanks so much for watching Rod. I don't have a specific video on self portrait with star trails. This would obviously have to be composited in. See this video. ruclips.net/video/cS3UE3XBWMw/видео.html
This is exactly what I am going to try and accomplish. I see I will need some stands..
Thanks Spence, yes you'll need lots of light stands for this. But they are cheap to buy.
Que trabalho incrível meu amigo, parabéns! Abraços Brazil
Thank you so much for watching Fabricio. All the very best for 2022 my friend.
Hi Richard
I live in the UK and I have just come across your channel. I just love your enthusiasm for your craft, your not just a photographer you are an artist in my eyes and very inspiring, I just want to get our Covid lockdown out the way and have a go at some nightscaping.
I have a question please can you tell me which compass app you use.
Regards
Kevin
Thanks very much for your kind words Kevin, really appreciated. I use the Field Compass + app for android. Hope that helps.
Thanks Richard
Once we're out of lockdown I will have a go at a nightscape and if I'm happy with it I'll share it with you 😊
@@Ksteele2012 No worries Kevin .. .I'll look forward to that.
Once again, a fantastic tutorial and VLOG. Very inspiring 📷👏
What are the settings/format for uploading the VLOG to RUclips?
Thanks so much for watching Erik. I shoot and upload in 1080p in mp4 format. 25fps.
great video! may I ask how you determine the power of flash so that you dont have to shoot several shots to try? u need to go back to camera a couple of times
Thanks for watching. To be honest it can be trial and error as there are a few factors that go into it. To be honest you usually don't need much power when doing these shots at higher iso's.
Magmod's Boob softbox lol By the way the Panasonic eneloop rechargeable AA batteries are really good and give faster recyle times
Thanks a lot John. I've used a few eneloop batteries ... but AA's are a pain compared to the larger re-chargeables.
wonderfull video. when making star exposure; Have you ever tried light painting with the test button of the flash
Thanks very much for watching. Yes I have manually used the test button on a flash to do lighting in some images.
I must make some foto like this me too . Hope my 24 70 f4 its enough, I just need buy some flash haha . Ty
You should get some good results with the 24-70 f4
Hi, love your videos, keep it up mate! You mentioned going thru a lot of AA batteries with your flashlights, have you tried Eneloops. Expecially the black ones, eneloop pro, they are awesome, lot of power and once charged they hold charge for months. Expensive, a bit, but they pay themselves off with their power and features. Cheers mate. P.S. any location near Brisbane that you can recommend for nightscapes?
Thanks heaps for your comments, really appreciated. I've never shot near Brisbane so I can't help you much unfortunately.
I’m looking forward to trying this again, I had some issues with perhaps too much ambient light and the image of the subject (me) still ended up being blurry with the rear curtain sync. Maybe I that I just can’t keep still long enough, or maybe my settings were off... I also learned that manually triggering the flash at any other time during the exposure causes a ghost-like transparency to the subject, especially if that subject moves during the exposure - I was trying a photograph a horse under the stars with flash and she wouldn’t hold still long enough! 😁 Another excellent video - thanks!
Thanks again for watching. Yes any ambient light will make flash photography quite difficult because you'll see ghosting as you say. It's hard to get it right but worth the effort when you do.
Another nice video! Do you have the flashes at full power? Also do you leave the video light on when your shooting and how did you setup for the shots when your pointing a flashlight into the sky?
Thanks for watching George. No I have the flashes at about 10% power depending on distance. Remember the iso is very high so not a lot of light is required. I turn off the video lights when actually shooting. The settings were exactly the same for the flashlight shots. You just have to stand very still.
Another very nice video! in the first shot you look very close to the camera, did you focus on the rocks or always on infinity to have everything sharp in focus? i'll try this next weeks :-)
When you have people in your shots, you always focus on them .. especially when close to the camera. People will forgive a soft focus on stars but not on the people in the frame.
Love a your videos man, when you pressed the trigger, I was really hoping to see the actual footage of when the flashes fire, you said that you have it flash at the end of the shot, I wanted to actually see that process actually happen, but great video nonetheless
Thanks a lot for watching my friend. Unfortunately it would not have looked very impressive at all. Everything is just black on the video camera without the flood lights.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Hay man thanks for getting back, please don't take anything I said in a negative way, your the only photographer I like watching on RUclips, stay awesome sir and stay safe
Ahhhhh....super, thanks Richard. Now I understand how you get the flashes to work. I need to get another set of the 603's for it to sync correctly. I also hope I can figure out how to make the Canon Rear Curtain work correctly...It seems that when you place the 603 in the Hot Shoe the Rear Curtain Sync option goes away. Maybe I need the other set of 603's first... I have a question about the WB settings you talked about. You said to use the Daylight setting when using the flash. Do you then shoot the entire scene (background, sky, lightpainting and selfie) in Daylight mode or do you shoot the background stuff in a custom mode (3900K) and only the selfie in Daylight mode? You live in a lovely part of Oz... In 1991 I spent about 6 mos. doing the "Lap" around Oz on a 58 Domi 99, what an effing adventure... Thanks again for this, Take care and see ya next week.
Thanks heaps Rick. It's a problem with some Canon cameras that they don't do rear curtain sync with non genuine flashes attached. A few people have told me that Godox triggers have the ability to overcome this with Canons. From my understanding the Yongnuo flash triggers won't let the Canon select Rear Curtain Flash. For the first images I shot these as single shots, for the last group these are multiple layed shots and so I can change the white balance between them if I need to.
Many years of model's experience...SURE !!
Haha, not much model experience here. Thanks for watching.
Thank you! Are the lights into the sky made with torch? With narrow beam?
Yes they are just a torch with narrow beam. Thanks for watching.
You never cease to amaze me!!! Great job! By the way, have you tried "Arsenal - The Intelligent Camera Assistant"? It seems like a promising tool to help you while shooting alone.
Thanks so much Rozz. No I haven't tried Arsenal.
@@nightscapeimages.richard I am waiting to get a Sony A6600 before I can really get into nightscape photography since my old Canon 550D is too outdated and about to expire. Hehe. In the mean time, I am learning, studying, and researching so I too can be creative. Thank you, Richard!
@@rozzembi7318 That will be great Rozz
Hi Rozz, I have seen all the advertising for Arsenal and personaly don't see the need for it. It seems to be a remote operating via smartphone. Well, there are numerous apps that do the same but are much cheaper. I personally use dslrdashboard, a great app. It uses wifi but many cameras today have this. In the past with my nikon d600 I used a small wifi router to connect the camera. The app can set almost all parameters in the camera, does live view with various backgrounds eg zebra, peaking, mono. It does focus stacking nicely and has a terrific module for day-night timelapse. Cost : ca 10€. Hope this helps
@@dhg1960 Thanks for the suggestions, David. I will take that into consideration. Since my 550D is about to expire, I have already given away the Canon lenses and camera accessories to my nephew who purchased Canon 750D last year. I am starting anew with Sony A6600 as oppose to the full frame A7 series because it is more within my budget as a hobbyist. Hehe
Hi Richard,
Another terrific vid. This must be the first one on YT covering this topic, so it was very interesting. I too have a lot of Godox gear - really good quality and reliable. What I really love, you can mix it all up, from the small system falshes to big studio flashes, it's all compatible.
I noted your dislike of AA batteries. I too had this problem, it was costing a fortune in duracells. I tried rechargable ones, they only lasted a few charges and if left standing lost their charge quickly. The solution : Eneloop batteries. They are a bit more expensive, they last for ages, they hold their charge for a long time, now I only use these.
In the video there was one point that for me was missing - the setup of flash output. Do you meter each flash or is it just trial and error ( although you probably know you need a certain distance at a certain output to give say f4 ). It would be interesting to know how one can best do this.
The pics were all great, particularly the one with the big tree. But I did notice something in most of them, the sky was always a muddy yellow. Now I know this is because it is one exposure and you set WB for the flash, but would you consider duplicating the pic, set WB for the sky in one, and then stacking with masks so the sky was more blue ? I'd really like to know your thoughts on this.
By the way, your shots of orion were great. It's my favourite constellation, it was weird seeing it upsidedown ! And your pics show it with so many stars - your night sky must be awesome.
Thanks so much for your detailed insights David. I have a few Eneloop batteries but I really like the larger rechargeable Godox ones. There are a few Yongnuo rechargeable flashes these days also. Yes you are correct about the muddy yellow sky, that's because of white balance which I mentioned in the video. The later images were indeed stacked and blended and you'll notice much more detail and colour in those .. particularly at 35mm focal length. As well as that the sky was a particular dirty yellow colour facing east this night. I don't typically meter the flashes . I use trial and error. There is so much going on out there in the dark it's very difficult to use traditional studio techniques. I find it a simple repeatable process when you've done it a few times with the same gear. Thanks again for watching.
Hey Richard, been loving your workshops and hopefully will going out to test some your techniques. Regarding the flash power settings did you reduce it or did you keep it 100%
Thanks a lot for watching Steve. For night photography you need a very low level of flash power. Somewhere between 1/64 - 1/8 typically is what I use.
Outstanding. One question though, for a 15sec exposure you got the flashes firing off at the end. Do you however take the pose from the very beginning? Is there no ghosting by doing that. What speed do you fire the flashes at?
Thanks for watching Chetan. Yes I do hold the pose from the beginning. The flashes are firing at whatever intensity is required to get the shot without over exposing. At night this doesn't need a lot of flash power.
Fabulous. Using the yongnuo triggers looks great. So 2 triggers for 2 flashes, another 2 triggers on the camera and a 5th trigger in your hand? So a 3rd flash would need 6 triggers?
Yes that's correct. And that's why I bought a few Yongnuo YN720 flashes . .they have built in triggers.
@@nightscapeimages.richard I’m having issues with my triggers, remote trigger to canon camera hot shoe mounted trigger is fine with the cable connected, but my 2 canon flashes mounted on top of another pair of remotes only fire the flash at the start of the exposure, even with the flashes set to rear sync(canon call it 2nd curtain sync), they still fire at the start. I’ve tried to set it up in camera functions but it won’t do it either as the remote on the hotshoe isn’t recognised by the camera and says the flash may be off. Very frustrating
@@amacmedia3221 Yes that's a common problem with Canon's unfortunately. A lot of third party flashes won't do second curtain sync with them.
@@nightscapeimages.richard neither do canon’s own flashes do off canon rear sync which seems bonkers
Hello dear Sir,How are you and your sweet family? Dear sir again such an beautiful video loaded with such amazing information, always wondered how you achieve such magnificent and yet so subtle portairture,this is an truly worthy appriciaable hardwork of yours going out in such pandemic time to teach us the art of creating images like an artist who creates masterpiece memories.Dear sir in next video informative video can you teach us about rear curtain sync and how you set it up and the power used to achieve beauty portaiture and dear sir can tell us of achieving an single shot where milky way and portaiture is achieved in one go.Always you keep me eagerly waiting for your teaching video which teaches everyone and me something new always,please be safe along with your sweet family and be in safe health always.Cheers dear sir Buddha bless you and your sweet family always🙂❤❤❤
Thank you very much for your comments Aditya, always appreciated.
Hello dear sir,it"s always subtle portaiture in an single shot.Cheers dear Sir Buddha bless you and your sweet family always🙂❤❤❤
I was wondering if you ever used flash at night.... Thank you for enduring the BUG Bites.
Thanks a lot for watching Speliotis, really appreciate it.
Hi Richard a problem how would you go taking the milky way with a light source in front of you eg a pier with lights on which would wash out the photo?? suggestions
Love your videos
Thanks for watching Andrew. Unwanted ambient light is always a problem. To be honest I usually find a new location to shoot. There are way too many hoops to jump through when you can't control the light.
Hi Richard. How strong were your flash powers for both the key light and fill light on your milkyway selfie? Thanks!
Thanks for watching. Typically I have them set quite low because I'm generally shooting at a highish iso level. It's a long time ago now but I'd estimate no greater than 1/8th power. Often the rear flash is even lower. Usually you'll have to do some testing to get a correct exposure in these extremely dark situations. Hope that's helpful.
Thanks for the response. I might do a pre wedding photoshoot and the couple want the milky way as their background. This video is really helpful.
@@ralphemerson_deperalta Good stuff Ralph. I've done quite a few wedding shots under the stars. Preparation is the key. Mostly for those I've used bare flash as I've been one my own.
another goodin mate everyone below have said it all did someone say a rum ball with a cuppa catcha soon mate
Good on you Bob, really appreciate your support mate. And thanks for the little contribution a while back.
Thanks again... Do you get "talk back" from the model sometimes?
Haha, yes I do get funny voices in my head when shooting this fellow Guy .. thanks for watching.
Richard, how do you go about gaining access to all these properties? I encounter all sorts of issues where I am with bio security constraints limiting available locations.
Thanks for watching Marcus. This is a public lake but I do spend a lot of time driving around and talking with farmers and land owners. I talk a lot about this at 27.00 in this video. ruclips.net/video/CTlD3pSl1AA/видео.html
Me: share this video with my dad
Dad: grab his equipment and went out
That's great to hear, thanks for watching.
What does it mean when you write 10 x do you think 10 identical photos are taken one after the other or?
Yes that is exactly what I do. The intention is to "Stack" these together in software to remove the noise from the image. It works really well. I have a number of videos showing this technique. See here: ruclips.net/video/3uXHTmwcaFM/видео.html
Жалко,что Ю-туб на русский язык переводит не очень корректно.Тема интересная.
I am sorry about that my friend.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Но все равно интересно.
Awesome!
Thanks so much Wayne